Lewiston - Two Wells · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Lewiston - Two Wells

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

English is the primary language for 90.4% of people in Lewiston - Two Wells. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or country, a trend that has remained steady for a decade.

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📍 Lewiston - Two Wells, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Consistent with this, only 1% of people speak little or no English, a figure slightly below the South Australian average.

5.5% ▼ -10.6%

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 5.5%

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

1.0% ▲ +9.5%

Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Lewiston - Two Wells, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Lewiston - Two Wells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402011027/lewiston-two-wells/topic/language