Onkaparinga Hills · Suburb / Locality

Language in Onkaparinga Hills

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

English is the dominant language used in daily life for Onkaparinga Hills, where 92.8% of people speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. While a small 0.3% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

4.5% ▲ +30.5%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 4.5%

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

0.3% ▲ +190.8%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Onkaparinga Hills, English only is the majority at 98%; Greek is next at 1%.

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 Onkaparinga Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41076/onkaparinga-hills/topic/language