12.0% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenelg East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glenelg East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using a language other than English at home in Glenelg East since 2011. While this represents a rise for the area, the 12.0% of residents who do so is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.8% of residents, which means the area is much less linguistically diverse than the state or national average. However, it is more diverse than most similar areas, with 0.9% of people speaking little or no English.
0.9% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40506/glenelg-east/topic/language