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Yorke Peninsula · Council (LGA)

Language in Yorke Peninsula

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

Among the lowest for its kind, Yorke Peninsula is an area where almost everyone speaks only English. Just 1.6% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.

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📍 Yorke Peninsula, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 90.5% of the population. This is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8%, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the national average at just 0.1%.

People using another language at home

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1.6% ▲ +9.5%

Lower than 95% 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% ▼ -22.0%

Lower than 92% 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 Yorke Peninsula, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 90.5% Italian 0.2% Tagalog 0.1% Mandarin 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Greek 0.1% Punjabi 0.0% Arabic 0.0%

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 Yorke Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48830/yorke-peninsula/topic/language