6.4% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Risdon Park South · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the only language spoken at home by 89.4% of people in Risdon Park South. While this is a high proportion, 6.4% of residents use another language, which is more common than in most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 0.6% of people here speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average of 3.4%. Besides English, the most common languages spoken are Italian (0.9%) and Greek (0.4%).
6.4% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.6% ▲ +71.7%
Higher than 72% 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 Risdon Park South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41260/risdon-park-south/topic/language