2.6% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barossa · Council (LGA)
Language in Barossa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Barossa compared to the rest of the country. Only 2.6% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 93.5% of the community, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% for non-English speakers. This means very few people struggle with the language, with only 0.2% saying they speak little or no English.
0.2% ▲ +41.0%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Barossa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40310/barossa/topic/language