3.9% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5173, SA · Postcode
Language in 5173, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in postcode 5173 compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.9% of residents speak another language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than both South Australia and Australia as a whole.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 91.2% of the population, and only 0.3% of people speak little or no English. This is well below the national figure of 3.4%, with other home languages including small numbers of Italian, Greek, and Mandarin speakers.
0.3% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 5173, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5173/5173-sa/topic/language