24.6% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rosewater · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rosewater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in four people in Rosewater speak a language other than English at home. This level of diversity is much higher than in most other areas, with the local figure of 24.6% sitting well above the South Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70.5% of residents speak only English, Vietnamese is the most common other language at 6.1%. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 4.8% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for this level.
4.8% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Rosewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41276/rosewater/topic/language