22.2% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stonyfell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Stonyfell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher share of people in Stonyfell use a language other than English at home compared to the state average. Around 22.2% of residents speak another language, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. This variety is most visible in the significant number of Mandarin speakers in the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 22.2% of people use another language at home, very few struggle with English; only 2.4% speak little or no English. Beyond English, the most common languages spoken are Mandarin at 11.3%, Cantonese at 1.3%, and Vietnamese and Arabic at 0.6% each.
2.4% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Stonyfell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41393/stonyfell/topic/language