21.1% ▲ +71.8%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5109, SA · Postcode
Language in 5109, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A sharp rise in linguistic diversity has shaped postcode 5109, where the share of people using another language at home climbed by 8.8 percentage points since 2011. Now, 21.1% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure well above the South Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 74.5% of the area, while Arabic, Vietnamese, Italian and Greek are the next most common languages. About 4.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
4.9% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 5109, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5109/5109-sa/topic/language