18.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5061, SA · Postcode
Language in 5061, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingual households are common in postcode 5061, where 18.6% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.2% of residents, though Greek (4.2%) and Mandarin (3.7%) are the most common other tongues. Very few people—just 2.2%—speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.2% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 5061, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5061/5061-sa/topic/language