6.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glenroy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Most people in Glenroy speak only English, though a small minority use other languages at home. While the proportion of multi-lingual residents is much lower than the national figure, there is a notable group of people here who struggle with English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 92.1% of residents, leaving just 6.6% who use another language at home. Despite this, 3.9% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the South Australian figure and among the highest for similar areas.
3.9% ▲ —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40510/glenroy/topic/language