9.9% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Edgewater · Suburb / Locality
Language in Edgewater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Edgewater, where 86.9% of residents speak only English at home. While most locals use English, the area has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages compared to similar suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. This includes small groups speaking Mandarin, Italian and Arabic, while only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English.
1.2% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Edgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50474/edgewater/topic/language