6.2% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5091, SA · Postcode
Language in 5091, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Average language patterns define postcode 5091, where the proportion of people speaking another language at home is around the middle for its level. Most residents speak only English, though the variety of languages used has crept up slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 91.7% of people here, leaving just 6.2% who use another tongue at home—a figure far below the national rate of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, which is a little below the South Australian figure.
0.6% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 5091, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5091/5091-sa/topic/language