7.1% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Onkaparinga · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Onkaparinga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89.0% of people in Onkaparinga. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, and the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. This has risen slightly since 2011, but the number of people who speak little or no English remains very low at 0.7%.
0.7% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Onkaparinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40304/onkaparinga/topic/language