Sherwood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sherwood

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

English remains the sole language spoken in the homes of Sherwood, showing no change in linguistic diversity since 2011. With 94.4% of people speaking only English, it is a community where almost everyone shares a single common tongue.

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📍 Sherwood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

No one in Sherwood uses a language other than English at home, which is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8%. Similarly, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, well below the national figure of 3.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Sherwood, 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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41341/sherwood/topic/language