42.4% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Adelaide · Suburb / Locality
Language in Adelaide
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than four in ten people in Adelaide use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This creates a multicultural environment where nearly 42.4% of the population speaks a language other than English, far exceeding both state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 49.1% of residents speak only English, many others use Mandarin (17.8%), Cantonese, or Vietnamese at home. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
5.0% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40002/adelaide/topic/language