1.8% ▲ +33.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Eyre Peninsula · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Eyre Peninsula
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Eyre Peninsula from the national figure for people using a language other than English at home. Only 1.8% of residents speak a different language, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 92.4% of the population, which is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8% for other languages. Just 0.1% of people speak little or no English, a result that is well below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.1% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 Eyre Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406011130/eyre-peninsula/topic/language