36.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Clair · Suburb / Locality
Language in St Clair
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in St Clair than in most similar areas. Around 36.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a diverse community where English is the primary language for only 59.9% of households.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Vietnamese is the most common non-English language at 5.4%, followed by Mandarin and Greek. While 3.5% of people speak little or no English, this is much higher than in most other areas.
3.5% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 St Clair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41367/st-clair/topic/language