8.9% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Roxby Downs · Council (LGA)
Language in Roxby Downs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Roxby Downs, where nearly 80% of residents speak only English at home. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, it remains far less diverse than the South Australian and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.9% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose slightly since 2011. This is much lower than the national figure of 22.3%, and very few people—just 0.6%—speak little or no English.
0.6% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46970/roxby-downs/topic/language