10.8% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Holdfast Bay · Council (LGA)
Language in Holdfast Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people in Holdfast Bay speak a language other than English compared to the rest of the country. While 10.8% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the South Australian figure and far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.9% of the area, though the use of other languages rose slightly to 10.8% since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, with just 1.0% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Holdfast Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42600/holdfast-bay/topic/language