21.3% ▲ +69.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Salisbury East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Salisbury East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five people in Salisbury East speak another language at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. This mix of backgrounds is reflected in the 21.3% of residents who use a language other than English daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 74.1% of residents, 4.6% speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for areas like this. Other common languages include Arabic, Italian, Vietnamese, and Greek.
4.6% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Salisbury East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41290/salisbury-east/topic/language