2.7% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barossa · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Barossa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 2.7% of people in Barossa use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area one of the least linguistically diverse regions in the country. English remains the dominant language for almost everyone here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 92.4% of residents speak only English, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the Australian average at 0.3%. These figures have barely changed over the last decade.
0.3% ▲ +49.3%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 Barossa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40501/barossa/topic/language