9.2% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barmera · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Barmera
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 9.2% of people in Barmera speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than most of Australia. The use of other languages has also fallen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86.1% of residents, with Greek (3.8%) and Punjabi (2.0%) being the next most common languages. About 1.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian average.
1.9% ▲ +56.3%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407031159/barmera/topic/language