5.6% —
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Adelaide Plains · Council (LGA)
Language in Adelaide Plains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.6% of people in Adelaide Plains use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure, making the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. English is the dominant language spoken in the vast majority of households.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.2% of residents, and the area's overall use of other languages is far below South Australia's 17.8%. While the 0.9% of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, this is still a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.9% —
Higher than 61% of council (lga) 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.
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 Adelaide Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40150/adelaide-plains/topic/language