7.0% ▲ +58.1%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5251, SA · Postcode
Language in 5251, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in postcode 5251 have started using a language other than English at home, with this figure rising to 7.0% since 2011. Despite this increase, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the South Australian and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.4% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure at 0.6%. Other languages spoken in the area include Mandarin, Punjabi, Italian, and Tagalog.
0.6% ▲ +98.8%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 5251, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5251/5251-sa/topic/language