87.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 87.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Iwantja · Suburb / Locality
Language in Iwantja
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 88% of people in Iwantja use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and represents one of the highest proportions of non-English speakers across similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.8% of residents speak English only, while 7.1% speak little or no English. This last figure is well above both the South Australian and national averages.
7.1% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Iwantja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40632/iwantja/topic/language