13.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Olympic Dam · Suburb / Locality
Language in Olympic Dam
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 13% of people in Olympic Dam use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, it is well below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 52.6% of residents, with Tagalog being the most common other language at 3.9%. While the 1.3% of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, this remains a little below the national figure.
1.3% —
Higher than 79% 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.
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 Olympic Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41074/olympic-dam/topic/language