Vale Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in Vale Park

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

Nearly 70% of people in Vale Park speak only English at home. However, this is a linguistically diverse area where 28.1% of residents use a language other than English, which is far above the South Australian figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The proportion of people using another language at home is among the highest for similar areas. While Mandarin is the most common non-English tongue at 4.6%, about 3.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.

28.1% ▲ +22.9%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.8%
  • 2016: 25.2%
  • 2021: 28.1%

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

3.1% ▼ -22.7%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 3.1%

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 Vale Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41499/vale-park/topic/language