33.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cheltenham · State Electorate
Language in Cheltenham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English at home in Cheltenham than in most other areas. About 33.4% of residents use another language, which is far above the national figure. This linguistic diversity has grown slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 62.7% of the community, 6.1% speak Vietnamese and 3.1% speak Italian. This diversity is reflected in the 5.7% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the South Australian average.
5.7% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40006/cheltenham/topic/language