42.0% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Plantations
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language diversity has grown significantly in South Plantations, with 42% of people now speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. It is one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, where nearly half the population uses a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Vietnamese is the most common non-English language spoken here at 28.2%. This high diversity is reflected in the fact that 17.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is far above the 3.4% national figure.
17.6% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 South Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51382/south-plantations/topic/language