15.9% ▲ +62.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rosebery · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rosebery
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 16% of people in Rosebery use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is a high local figure, it remains well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.9% of residents, though some speak Greek, Tagalog or Vietnamese. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average but much higher than most similar areas.
1.7% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70234/rosebery/topic/language