Irishtown · Suburb / Locality

Language in Irishtown

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

English is the dominant language in Irishtown, spoken exclusively by 93.9% of residents. Very few people here use a language other than English at home, making the area far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average.

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📍 Irishtown, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.1% of people speak another language at home, which is far below the 22.3% national figure. While this is around the middle for similar areas, no one in Irishtown reports speaking little or no English.

4.1% ▲ +40.5%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.1%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Irishtown, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Irishtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50672/irishtown/topic/language