14.7% ▲ +74.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oodnadatta · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oodnadatta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much smaller share of people speak a language other than English in Oodnadatta compared to the national figure. While 14.7% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the levels seen across Australia and South Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, making up 65.7% of the population. Despite a higher standing than most similar areas, no one in Oodnadatta speaks little or no English, which is well below the same figure for Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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.
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 Oodnadatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41078/oodnadatta/topic/language