41.8% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Firle · Suburb / Locality
Language in Firle
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far greater proportion of people in Firle now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous censuses. Around 41.8% of residents use another language, a figure that is far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 56.8% of residents, but Mandarin (10.5%) and Italian (8.6%) are also common. This diversity is reflected in the 6.1% who speak little or no English, which is well above the South Australian figure of 2.7%.
6.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Firle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40438/firle/topic/language