6.7% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Roleystone · Suburb / Locality
Language in Roleystone
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 90.2% of people in Roleystone, making it the dominant language of the area. While this is far below the national and state figures for linguistic diversity, it remains higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, though only 0.5% speak little or no English. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken include Italian and Mandarin.
0.5% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Roleystone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51308/roleystone/topic/language