39.6% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pooraka - Cavan · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Pooraka - Cavan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a third of people in Pooraka - Cavan now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen since 2016. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of South Australia. About 40% of residents use a language other than English, with Vietnamese and Punjabi being common choices.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 40% of people here use another language at home, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. This diversity is reflected in the 8.4% of residents who speak little or no English, a rate well above the national figure of 3.4%.
8.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Pooraka - Cavan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041172/pooraka-cavan/topic/language