1.5% ▼ -47.8%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5278, SA · Postcode
Language in 5278, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 1.5% of people in postcode 5278 use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country, making the area remarkably linguistically uniform. Most residents speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 87.3% of residents. Very few people speak another language at home, a figure that has fallen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011. While 0.8% of people speak little or no English, this is a little below the national figure.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 5278, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5278/5278-sa/topic/language