29.6% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Language in Prospect
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 67.2% of people in Prospect, but the area is notably multilingual. Nearly 30% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.6% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average. Greek (4.4%), Vietnamese (4.1%), Italian (2.7%), and Mandarin (2.2%) are the most common alternatives, while 3.3% of residents speak little or no English.
3.3% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41220/prospect/topic/language