1.1% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greenock · Urban Centre
Language in Greenock
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language spoken in Greenock (L), where nearly 90% of the population uses it exclusively at home. This high level of English usage means the area has one of the lowest proportions of people speaking other languages compared to similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 1.1% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below the South Australian average of 17.8% and has barely changed since 2011. This is reflected in the fact that no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Greenock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421013/greenock/topic/language