14.8% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Salter Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Salter Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small gap exists between Salter Point and the rest of the country, as only 14.8% of people here use a language other than English at home. This is well below the national figure of 22.3%, though it remains much higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 80% of residents, with Mandarin being the most common second language at 3.6%. While 1.0% of people speak little or no English, this is a little below the state and national figures.
1.0% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Salter Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51321/salter-point/topic/language