8.1% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Noarlunga Downs · Suburb / Locality
Language in Noarlunga Downs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Noarlunga Downs than in most similar areas. While English is the dominant tongue, about 8.1% of residents use another language at home, though this is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.2% of the population. Small numbers of people speak Greek, Mandarin, Vietnamese, or Cantonese, and 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Noarlunga Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41035/noarlunga-downs/topic/language