21.3% —
Higher than 77% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greater Adelaide · Capital City
Language in Greater Adelaide
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 74.8% of people in Greater Adelaide. The region is more linguistically diverse than most similar areas, with over a fifth of the population speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.3% of people use another language at home, which is well above the South Australian figure and has risen since 2016. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 2.2%, about 3.2% of residents speak little or no English.
3.2% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 77% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Greater Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/4GADE/greater-adelaide/topic/language