8.3% ▲ +172.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Paruna · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Paruna compared to the rest of the country. While 8.3% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, and 86.1% use it exclusively at home. This helps explain why 0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
8.3% ▲ +172.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Paruna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41119/paruna/topic/language