24.8% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Turner · Suburb / Locality
Language in Turner
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A diverse range of voices fills the streets of Turner, where nearly one in four people speaks a language other than English at home. This level of linguistic variety is much higher than in most other areas and sits slightly above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71.5% of residents speak only English, 24.8% use another language, with Mandarin being the most common at 5.9%. Despite this diversity, the 2.1% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure.
2.1% ▼ -44.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Turner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80127/turner/topic/language