16.8% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rose Park · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 81.1% of people in Rose Park. While most residents speak only English, this area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but a little below the state and national averages.
16.8% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.5% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 81% 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 Rose Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41273/rose-park/topic/language