Edwardstown, Marion

The languages of Edwardstown

The 2021 Census found about 1,200 people in Edwardstown, part of Marion, speaking a language other than English at home. Edwardstown's share is above South Australia, at 1.6 times the rate. In all, 50 languages are spoken in its homes.

Residents
4,441
Speak another language
27.7%+37.2%
Languages spoken
50
Born overseas
28.7%

Which languages lead in Edwardstown?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    194+9.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    179+258%
  3. 03
    Greek
    89-11.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    62-3.1%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    53-5.4%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    50+25.0%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    41+2.5%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    40+233%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    37+131%
  10. 10
    Italian
    36+89.5%

Where were Edwardstown's residents born?

Nepal is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    Nepal
    175+298%
  2. 02
    India
    152+27.7%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    151+9.4%
  4. 04
    England
    124-3.1%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    49+8.9%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    44-2.2%
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    40+53.8%
  8. 08
    Vietnam
    39+160%
  9. 09
    Pakistan
    32+433%
  10. 10
    Italy
    28+33.3%

Is Edwardstown more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is 1.3 times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Edwardstown
27.7%
South Australia
16.9%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Edwardstown's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,081+28.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,568-15.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    287+181%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    137+24.5%
  5. 05
    Islam
    95+18.8%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Edwardstown is part of Marion, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.