21.3% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Highgate · Suburb / Locality
Language in Highgate
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Highgate now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. About 21.3% of residents use a non-English language, which is well above the South Australian figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 76.5% of people speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 8.2%. This push toward diversity is reflected in the 2.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
2.6% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Highgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40588/highgate/topic/language