24.0% ▲ +70.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elizabeth · Suburb / Locality
Language in Elizabeth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 68% of people in Elizabeth speak only English at home, but the area is much more linguistically diverse than most. With 24% of residents using another language, it sits well above the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A high 24% of people use a language other than English at home, with Arabic as the most common second language at 3.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 8.3% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
8.3% ▲ +37.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Elizabeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40397/elizabeth/topic/language