22.2% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Darlington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 22.2% of people in Darlington use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This makes the suburb's linguistic profile more diverse than the South Australian average. Most residents still speak English, but a variety of other languages are common here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 71.7% of residents, other common languages include Greek, Mandarin, Hindi and Punjabi. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas but a little below the national average.
1.7% ▼ -45.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40350/darlington/topic/language