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McLaren Vale · Urban Centre

Language in McLaren Vale

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in McLaren Vale, with 92.1% of residents speaking only this language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, a trend that has remained steady for a decade.

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📍 McLaren Vale, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While slightly more people here speak little or no English than in most similar areas, this group makes up just 0.5% of the population.

People using another language at home

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3.5% ▼ -11.7%

Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▼ -5.5%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In McLaren Vale, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 92.1% Italian 1.0% Arabic 0.2% Cantonese 0.2% Greek 0.1%

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 McLaren Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415026/mclaren-vale/topic/language