31.5% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ridleyton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ridleyton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Ridleyton use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of South Australia. About 31.5% of residents speak another language, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 64.1% of people, Vietnamese, Greek, and Mandarin are also common. This diversity is reflected in the 6.0% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the South Australian average.
6.0% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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.
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 Ridleyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41258/ridleyton/topic/language