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Lower Eyre Peninsula · Council (LGA)

Language in Lower Eyre Peninsula

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language spoken in the Lower Eyre Peninsula, with 89.1% of people using it as their only language at home. This area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the country. Very few people here speak a language other than English.

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📍 Lower Eyre Peninsula, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.8% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This has barely changed since 2011, and consequently, the 0.1% who speak little or no English is well below the Australian average.

People using another language at home

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1.8% ▲ +23.6%

Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.1% ▼ -60.0%

Lower than 95% 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.

Language used at home

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In Lower Eyre Peninsula, English only is the majority at 100%; Greek is next at 0%.

English only 89.1% Greek 0.2% Italian 0.1% Mandarin 0.1%

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 Lower Eyre Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA43710/lower-eyre-peninsula/topic/language