13.7% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rothsay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rothsay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 38.1% of people in Rothsay, though it is one of many languages spoken here. While the area is much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, it still sits well below the state and national figures for non-English speakers.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common second language at 5.1%. Around 3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
3.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
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 Rothsay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51313/rothsay/topic/language