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Language in Upper Sturt

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Upper Sturt compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.5% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it a very linguistically uniform area where English is the dominant tongue.

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📍 Upper Sturt, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90.9% of people speak only English at home, with small numbers using Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. While the 0.3% who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.5% ▼ -16.7%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▼ -43.2%

Higher than 65% 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.

Language used at home

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In Upper Sturt, English only is the majority at 98%; Cantonese is next at 1%.

English only 90.9% Cantonese 0.6% Mandarin 0.4% Vietnamese 0.4% Greek 0.3% Hindi 0.3%

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 Upper Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41494/upper-sturt/topic/language