18.2% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Malvern · Suburb / Locality
Language in Malvern
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Malvern (SA) now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. While 18.2% of the population uses another language, this is much higher than in most similar areas. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.2% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin (4.8%) and Greek (4.1%) being the most common. Despite this diversity, only 2.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.0% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Malvern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40814/malvern/topic/language