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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idThe City of West Torrens's language statistics show the proportion of the overseas-born population who speak a language at home other than English. They indicate how linguistically diverse a population is, and whether most migrants are from English speaking countries or non-English speaking countries. This topic also shows those languages spoken specifically by the first-generation migrants (those born overseas) so as to separate them from those born in Australia who speak another language.
Some countries, such as India, have a variety of languages spoken there, so the language spoken can indicate the region of the country of origin. Languages such as Arabic and Spanish are spoken in a range of different countries.
The City of West Torrens's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
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Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
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City of West Torrens - born in Nepal | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language | Number | % | Greater Adelaide | Number | % | Greater Adelaide | 2016 to 2021 |
Nepali | 1,193 | 93.5 | 93.4 | 406 | 94.2 | 94.9 | +787 |
Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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City of West Torrens - born in Nepal | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | Greater Adelaide | Number | % | Greater Adelaide | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 20 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 15 | 3.5 | 3.0 | +5 |
Non-English total | 1,205 | 94.4 | 94.5 | 416 | 96.5 | 96.6 | +789 |
Not stated | 51 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | +51 |
Total people | 1,276 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 431 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +845 |
The dominant language spoken at home by the population born in Nepal, other than English, in the City of West Torrens was Nepali, with 93.5% of the population, or 1,193 people speaking this language at home.
There were no major differences between the population born in Nepal in City of West Torrens and Greater Adelaide in 2021.
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of the population born in Nepal who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 789 or 189.7%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 5 or 33.3%.
The largest change in the spoken languages of the population in the City of West Torrens between 2016 and 2021 was for those speaking:
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