27.4% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5043, SA · Postcode
Language in 5043, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 28% of people in postcode 5043 speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the South Australian figure. This linguistic diversity has grown steadily over the last decade, making the area much more multilingual than most other regions in the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 68.5% of residents, Mandarin, Arabic, Punjabi, and Cantonese are also common. About 3.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
3.7% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 5043, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5043/5043-sa/topic/language