3.9% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 96.7% of people in Sandy Creek. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, with very few residents using other languages at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While a little below the state average, 1.1% of people here speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.9% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 77% 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 Sandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41305/sandy-creek/topic/language