24.1% ▲ +45.6%
Higher than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Adelaide - North · Region (SA4)
Language in Adelaide - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly a quarter of people in Adelaide - North use a language other than English at home. This represents a significant increase in diversity, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.1% of residents speak a language other than English, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. While 71.3% of people speak only English, the most common other languages are Punjabi and Vietnamese at 2% each. This diversity is reflected in the 4.5% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most other areas.
4.5% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 83% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Adelaide - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/402/adelaide-north/topic/language