10.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenelg South · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Glenelg South since 2011. While 10.3% of residents now speak a different language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.6% of the area, with smaller groups speaking Greek, Punjabi, Italian and Hindi. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the South Australian figure.
10.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.0% ▼ -55.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Glenelg South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40508/glenelg-south/topic/language