47.2% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Plantations
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in North Plantations speak a language other than English at home, placing it among the highest areas for linguistic diversity. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, with many residents using a mix of languages in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 34.5% of people, while 19.1% speak Vietnamese. This diversity is reflected in the 19.4% who speak little or no English, a figure far above the 3.4% seen across Australia.
19.4% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 North Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51148/north-plantations/topic/language