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Language in Lock

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A gap of 21 percentage points separates Lock from the national average in language diversity. Only 1.6% of people here use a language other than English at home, making it far less diverse than most other Australian areas.

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📍 Lock, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 91.3% of residents. While a small number of people speak Punjabi, the proportion of residents who use another language is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8%.

People using another language at home

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1.6% ▲ —

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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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.

Language used at home

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In Lock, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 2%.

English only 91.3% Punjabi 1.6%

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 Lock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40774/lock/topic/language