26.6% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5120, SA · Postcode
Language in 5120, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of people in postcode 5120 speak 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. While this diversity remains high, the proportion of people using other languages has fallen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. English is the most common language at 66.5%, followed by Vietnamese at 10%, Greek at 4.3%, Italian at 2.6% and Punjabi at 1.6%. Around 7.6% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure and among the highest for areas of this type.
7.6% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 5120, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5120/5120-sa/topic/language