8.8% ▲ +103.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Augusta · Suburb / Locality
Language in Port Augusta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak a language other than English in Port Augusta compared to most similar areas. While 8.8% of the community use another language at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.2% of residents. Other languages include Punjabi, Italian, Vietnamese and Mandarin, while the 1.0% who speak little or no English is a much higher figure than in similar areas.
1.0% ▲ +77.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41189/port-augusta/topic/language