2.8% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hindmarsh Island · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken in 92.8% of homes on Hindmarsh Island, making it a place with very little linguistic diversity. This is far below the national figure, where about 22.3% of people use a language other than English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is much lower than the South Australian figure of 17.8%. While 0.6% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
2.8% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.6% ▲ +177.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Hindmarsh Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40598/hindmarsh-island/topic/language