Parkside · Suburb / Locality

Language in Parkside

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

A growing number of residents in Parkside now speak a language other than English at home. This shift is reflected in the 21% of people who use another language, a figure that sits well above the South Australian average.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 76.4% of people speak only English, those who use other languages are much more common here than in similar areas. Greek, Mandarin, and Italian are the most frequent non-English languages, though only 2.6% of the population speak little or no English.

21.0% ▲ +6.6%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.7%
  • 2016: 19.9%
  • 2021: 21.0%

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

2.6% ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 2.6%

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 Parkside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41114/parkside/topic/language