32.1% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5038, SA · Postcode
Language in 5038, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a key part of daily life in postcode 5038, where nearly a third of the population speaks a language other than English at home. This proportion has grown steadily over the last decade and is now well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 32.1% of people here use another language at home, a figure far above the South Australian average. While English is the main language for 64.8%, others include Mandarin, Punjabi, Greek and Hindi, and 4.0% of residents speak little or no English.
4.0% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 5038, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5038/5038-sa/topic/language