39.0% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marleston · Suburb / Locality
Language in Marleston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
In Marleston, other language is among the highest in the country and limited english is among the highest in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
39.0% of residents in Marleston use a language other than English at home, up 15.6% since 2011 — among the highest in the country (above both the South Australia average of 17.8% and the national 22.3%). 5.7% of people in Marleston speak English not well or not at all, up 0.5% since 2016, among the highest in the country (above both the South Australia average of 2.7% and the national 3.4%).
The most common language used at home is English only at 57%, ahead of Greek (5%).
5.7% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Marleston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40835/marleston/topic/language