29.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tonsley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tonsley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 61.2% of Tonsley residents, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than the state average. Nearly 30% of people here speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.5% of people use a language other than English at home, one of the highest rates for areas of this size. While most residents are comfortable with English, 3.1% speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
3.1% —
Higher than 88% 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.
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 Tonsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41457/tonsley/topic/language