Middleton · Suburb / Locality

Language in Middleton

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant language spoken in Middleton, with very little change in the variety of languages used since 2011. Only 3.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Middleton, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 93.1% of people speak only English at home, which is far below the South Australian average. Notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a figure well below the national average of 3.4%.

3.1% ▲ +22.5%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Middleton, English only is the majority at 100%; Cantonese is next at 0%.

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 Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40870/middleton/topic/language