21.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Unley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Unley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 21% of Unley residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure well above the South Australian average. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While English remains the main language, a variety of other tongues are common here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.5% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most areas. This diversity includes 4.6% speaking Greek and 3.9% speaking Mandarin, while 2.8% of residents speak little or no English.
2.8% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Unley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41490/unley/topic/language