26.5% ▲ +38.1%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5047, SA · Postcode
Language in 5047, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in four people in postcode 5047 use a language other than English at home. This level of diversity is much higher than in most other areas, with the proportion of multilingual residents rising 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.5% of residents speak another language, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 4.4%, only 3.4% of people speak little or no English.
3.4% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 5047, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5047/5047-sa/topic/language