Evanston South · Suburb / Locality

Language in Evanston South

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Just 4.4% of people in Evanston South use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.

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📍 Evanston South, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 91.1% of residents, while small numbers speak Mandarin and Hindi. Although the percentage of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

4.4%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 4.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Evanston South, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Evanston South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40424/evanston-south/topic/language