8.4% ▲ +149.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bolivar · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bolivar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 65.8% of people in Bolivar. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the local figure is still far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common second language at 3.1%. Despite this, only 2.2% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the South Australian figure.
2.2% ▲ +100.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Bolivar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40133/bolivar/topic/language