37.1% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5033, SA · Postcode
Language in 5033, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in postcode 5033 than in most similar areas. About 37.1% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen since 2011. This creates a diverse linguistic landscape where over a third of the population is multilingual.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 59.4% of people speak only English, Greek is the most common other language at 7.2%, followed by Punjabi, Mandarin and Hindi. A little above the national figure, 5.0% of residents speak little or no English, though this is 1.3 percentage points lower than in 2016.
5.0% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 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 5033, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5033/5033-sa/topic/language