24.8% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Para Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Para Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Para Hills speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the South Australian average, and the number of people using another language has risen by 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.8% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most areas. While English is the main language for 71.8% of residents, Punjabi and Arabic are the next most common at 2.4% each. Around 3.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.8% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Para Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041041/para-hills/topic/language