8.9% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Somerton Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Somerton Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Somerton Park use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 8.9% of residents speak another language, this figure remains well below the South Australian and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, at 88.5%, with the next most common languages being Mandarin and Greek. Only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for the state and the country.
0.9% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Somerton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41352/somerton-park/topic/language