35.4% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Adelaide Enfield · Council (LGA)
Language in Port Adelaide Enfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people speak a language other than English in Port Adelaide Enfield compared to the rest of the state. Over a third of the population use another language at home, a figure that has risen steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 35.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. While English is used by 59.7% of people, common other languages include Vietnamese, Punjabi, and Mandarin. Around 6.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the state average.
6.3% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Port Adelaide Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45890/port-adelaide-enfield/topic/language