16.6% ▲ +51.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Leabrook · Suburb / Locality
Language in Leabrook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Leabrook, but there is a growing presence of other languages spoken at home. While most residents speak only English, the proportion of people using other languages is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.6% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.6%, and 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
1.6% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Leabrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40753/leabrook/topic/language