31.3% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5031, SA · Postcode
Language in 5031, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A decline in non-English speaking households has seen the proportion of people using another language at home in postcode 5031 fall by 4.5 percentage points since 2011. Despite this drop, the area remains far more linguistically diverse than the state average, with 31.3% of residents speaking a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 65.4% of people speak only English, Greek is the most common other language at 9.9%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.0% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the national rate of 3.4%.
5.0% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 5031, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5031/5031-sa/topic/language