27.8% ▲ +46.3%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5093, SA · Postcode
Language in 5093, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 68.9% of people in postcode 5093, though the area is notably multilingual. Nearly 28% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the South Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose by 8.8 points since 2011 to reach 27.8%, a figure well above the national average. While Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 4.4%, about 3.6% of residents speak little or no English.
3.6% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 5093, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5093/5093-sa/topic/language