25.9% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sanderson · State Electorate
Language in Sanderson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Sanderson now speak a language other than English at home. About 25.9% of people use another language, a figure that has risen nearly 10 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than the Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 65.5% of people speak only English, others use languages such as Greek, Tagalog, Mandarin and Vietnamese. About 3.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas.
3.6% ▲ +118.0%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Sanderson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70023/sanderson/topic/language