40.1% ▲ +105.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Southern River · Suburb / Locality
Language in Southern River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a common part of daily life in Southern River, where 40.1% of people use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just over 40% of residents speak a language other than English, with Mandarin (6.7%), Arabic (2.5%), and Punjabi (2.2%) being the most common. This diversity is reflected in the 4.5% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Australian average of 3.4%.
4.5% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Southern River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51394/southern-river/topic/language