16.7% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Renmark · Suburb / Locality
Language in Renmark
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language spoken by 78% of people in Renmark. While this is the most common tongue, the area has a much higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places. This includes small but notable groups speaking Punjabi and Greek.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though well below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the 3.5% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.5% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Renmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41248/renmark/topic/language