Woodville North · Suburb / Locality

Language in Woodville North

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

More than half of all residents in Woodville North use a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, where a variety of native tongues are heard in daily life.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is the most common non-English language, spoken by 20.5% of people. This contributes to 53.5% of the population using another language at home, a figure far above the national average of 22.3%. Consequently, 10.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the South Australian figure of 2.7%.

53.5% ▲ +11.1%

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 48.2%
  • 2016: 52.6%
  • 2021: 53.5%

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

10.5% ▼ -20.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 10.5%

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 Woodville North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41645/woodville-north/topic/language