Sandalwood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sandalwood

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Almost everyone in Sandalwood speaks English in their daily lives, making it a linguistically uniform area. Only 6.5% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Sandalwood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 77.4% of residents. While the 6.5% who use another language is higher than in most similar areas, it remains much lower than the South Australian average. No one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

6.5%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 6.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Sandalwood, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Sandalwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41300/sandalwood/topic/language