19.2% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ovingham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ovingham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 75.5% of people in Ovingham, though the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places. Around 19.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is a little above the South Australian figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 19.2% of people use another language at home, only 2.9% speak little or no English. Common non-English languages include Vietnamese at 1.7%, Italian at 1.4%, and Mandarin at 1.3%.
2.9% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Ovingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41084/ovingham/topic/language