7.9% ▲ +99.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northern Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Northern Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Northern Heights compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.9% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.8%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state and nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 83% of residents, Italian (3.0%) and Tagalog (2.0%) are also spoken. About 2.0% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.0% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Northern Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41049/northern-heights/topic/language