5.1% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Aldinga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Aldinga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Aldinga has remained very consistent over the last decade. While 5.1% of people speak another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 85.9% of residents. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the South Australian average of 2.7%.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Aldinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40009/aldinga/topic/language