9.8% ▲ +584.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mallala · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mallala
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Mallala, where nearly 80% of residents speak only this language at home. While the area is much more linguistically diverse than similar small towns, it remains far less diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.8% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though still well below the South Australian figure of 17.8%. Only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that is a little below the national average.
1.0% ▲ —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
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 Mallala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40811/mallala/topic/language