16.5% ▲ +537.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Leigh Creek · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the only primary language spoken in the homes of 51.6% of people in Leigh Creek. While more people here use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas, the overall rate is still well below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.5% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 22.3%. Despite this, 0.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the South Australian average.
16.5% ▲ +537.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40756/leigh-creek/topic/language