20.8% ▲ +66.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elizabeth South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Elizabeth South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English in Elizabeth South compared to most similar areas. While 20.8% of people use another language at home, this is slightly below the national figure. English remains the primary language for 69.3% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 6% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for this level of area and well above the South Australian figure of 2.7%. Other common languages spoken here include Arabic, Italian, Vietnamese and Punjabi.
6.0% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Elizabeth South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40403/elizabeth-south/topic/language