15.0% ▲ +48.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Somerville · Suburb / Locality
Language in Somerville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 75.2% of people in Somerville. While most residents speak only English, about 15% use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the state and national rates.
0.8% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Somerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51359/somerville/topic/language