32.6% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Payneham - Felixstow · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Payneham - Felixstow
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than three in ten people in Payneham - Felixstow use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state and the country. It is a place where many different languages are spoken in daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 32.6% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is most common at 64.4%, Italian (8.1%) and Mandarin (7.1%) are also widely spoken. A little above the national average, 4.6% of people speak little or no English, though this fell slightly since 2016.
4.6% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Payneham - Felixstow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401051018/payneham-felixstow/topic/language