15.6% ▲ +103.8%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Unincorporated SA · Council (LGA)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A smaller proportion of people speak a language other than English in Unincorporated SA compared to the national figure. While 15.6% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the Australian average of 22.3%. This figure has risen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 70.7% of people, while Italian and Mandarin are the most common other choices. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English, a figure that is a little below both the state and national levels.
15.6% ▲ +103.8%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.6% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 52% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Unincorporated SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA49399/unincorporated-sa/topic/language