28.8% ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5083, SA · Postcode
Language in 5083, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 29% of people in postcode 5083 use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose by 6.8 percentage points since 2011 to 28.8%. While 68.9% speak only English, other common languages include Mandarin, Punjabi, Vietnamese and Greek, and 3.7% of residents speak little or no English.
3.7% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 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 5083, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5083/5083-sa/topic/language