24.2% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5068, SA · Postcode
Language in 5068, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 73.1% of people in postcode 5068. However, nearly one quarter of the population speaks another language at home, making this area much more linguistically diverse than most other places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. This has risen 3.9 percentage points since 2011, with Mandarin (6.3%), Italian (3.2%), Greek (1.4%), and Cantonese (1.3%) being the most common non-English languages. Meanwhile, 2.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas but about the same as the national average.
2.9% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 5068, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5068/5068-sa/topic/language