Norton Summit · Suburb / Locality

Language in Norton Summit

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

English is spoken by nearly 90% of people in Norton Summit, making it far more linguistically uniform than the national average. While more residents use a second language at home than in most similar areas, this figure remains well below the state and national levels.

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📍 Norton Summit, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 8.4% of people use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common second language at 1.1%. Notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

8.4% ▼ -39.0%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 10.9%
  • 2021: 8.4%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 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 Norton Summit, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Norton Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41052/norton-summit/topic/language