15.2% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenelg · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glenelg
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 15% of people in Glenelg speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is common for the local area, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents still use English as their only language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81% of residents, though Greek, Italian and Mandarin are also spoken. Only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but a little below the South Australian average.
1.3% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Glenelg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40505/glenelg/topic/language