14.1% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Lakes Shore · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Lakes Shore
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher rates of multilingualism than similar areas define West Lakes Shore, where 14.1% of people speak another language at home. While this is higher than nearby suburbs, it remains well below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 83.8% of residents, with Greek, Italian and Mandarin being the most common other options. About 1.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national and state averages.
1.3% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 West Lakes Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41569/west-lakes-shore/topic/language