19.0% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Torrens · Suburb / Locality
Language in Torrens
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 77.1% of people in Torrens. While nearly one in five residents speaks another language at home, this is well below the national and territory figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, very few struggle with English, with only 1.6% speaking little or no English.
1.6% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80126/torrens/topic/language