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Goolwa - Port Elliot · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Goolwa - Port Elliot

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Goolwa - Port Elliot, where only 2.8% of residents use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia and South Australia. The language profile here has remained steady for over a decade.

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📍 Goolwa - Port Elliot, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 93% of the population, with only 0.2% of people speaking little or no English. This is well below the national figure of 3.4% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.

People using another language at home

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2.8% ▼ -0.1%

Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▼ -17.9%

Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Goolwa - Port Elliot, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 93.0% Italian 0.2% Greek 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Mandarin 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1%

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 Goolwa - Port Elliot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407011144/goolwa-port-elliot/topic/language