37.6% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Richmond
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a defining feature of daily life in West Richmond, where 37.6% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 6.3%, followed closely by Greek at 6.0%. This diversity is reflected in the 4.8% of residents who speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure.
4.8% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 West Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41571/west-richmond/topic/language