4.0% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Lincoln · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Port Lincoln
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Port Lincoln than in most similar areas. Only 4% of residents speak a different language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.2% of the population, which helps explain why only 0.3% of people speak little or no English. This rate is well below the national figure of 3.4% and has remained steady since 2016.
0.3% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Port Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406011133/port-lincoln/topic/language