25.7% ▲ +51.6%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5066, SA · Postcode
Language in 5066, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in postcode 5066 compared to most areas. About 25.7% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen by 8.7 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area significantly more linguistically diverse than both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.7% of people, while Mandarin is the next most common at 8.9%. While the share of people speaking another language is well above the national figure, the 2.5% who speak little or no English is about the same as the rest of Australia.
2.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 5066, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5066/5066-sa/topic/language