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5255, SA · Postcode

Language in 5255, SA

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Very few people in postcode 5255 use a language other than English at home, making it much less diverse than most areas. Only 2.2% of residents speak another language, a figure that has stayed the same since 2011.

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📍 5255, SA, Postcode

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 93.1% of the area. This is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8% and the national figure of 22.3%, and it helps explain why very few people here, just 0.2%, speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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2.2% ▲ +0.8%

Lower than 79% of postcode areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▲ +45.9%

Lower than 68% of postcode areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In 5255, SA, English only is the majority at 100%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 93.1% Italian 0.2% Mandarin 0.1% Greek 0.1% Punjabi 0.0% Tagalog 0.0% Vietnamese 0.0%

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 5255, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5255/5255-sa/topic/language