Lower Light · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lower Light

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

English is the dominant tongue in Lower Light, where only 3.9% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. The area is very linguistically uniform, with almost everyone speaking English daily.

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📍 Lower Light, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While English is spoken by 73.9% of residents, the number of people using another language at home is far below the national figure. Notably, 0.0% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian average.

3.9% ▼ -60.9%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.1%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 3.9%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Lower Light, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Lower Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40787/lower-light/topic/language