27.4% ▼ -66.1%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 80.8%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5724, SA · Postcode
Language in 5724, SA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 27% of people in postcode 5724 use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, although the proportion of non-English speakers has fallen sharply since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 7.1% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the South Australian average and among the highest for areas of this type. English is the only language spoken by 47.6% of the population.
7.1% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 5724, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5724/5724-sa/topic/language