8.5% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glengowrie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glengowrie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Glengowrie than in the rest of Australia. Only 8.5% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it a very English-speaking area compared to the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 89.8% of people speak only English, 1.1% speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Greek, Mandarin, Italian and Hindi.
1.1% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Glengowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40509/glengowrie/topic/language