29.9% ▲ +55.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Para Hills West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Para Hills West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, Para Hills West sees nearly 30% of residents speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.8%, reflecting a community where many people bring a variety of global languages into their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.9% of people use another language at home, with Punjabi, Arabic, Italian and Vietnamese being the most common after English. This diversity is reflected in the 5.7% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the state average of 2.7%.
5.7% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Para Hills West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41097/para-hills-west/topic/language