16.2% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5089, SA · Postcode
Language in 5089, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A variety of different languages are spoken in the homes of postcode 5089, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While 16.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, the overall figure remains well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary tongue for 81.3% of people, but Italian is the most common second language at 3.2%. The proportion of people using other languages has risen since 2011, though the 1.6% who speak little or no English is a little below the South Australian figure.
1.6% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 5089, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5089/5089-sa/topic/language