28.0% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woodforde · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woodforde
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in three people in Woodforde use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This high level of diversity means that many residents navigate daily life in multiple languages, a trend far more common here than across South Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70% of the population speaks only English, 28% use another language at home, which is well above the national figure. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 7.6%, and 2.2% of residents speak little or no English.
2.2% ▲ +73.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Woodforde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41638/woodforde/topic/language