19.5% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Atwell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Atwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost one in five residents in Atwell speaks a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. This mix of backgrounds is most visible in the nearly 20% of people who use a second language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.6% of people, but Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.9%. While 19.5% of the area uses another language at home—higher than most similar places—only 2.8% of residents speak little or no English.
2.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Atwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50036/atwell/topic/language