Port Noarlunga South · Suburb / Locality

Language in Port Noarlunga South

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

English is the dominant tongue in Port Noarlunga South, where only 4.8% of people use another language at home. This means the vast majority of residents share a common primary language in their daily lives, making it far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average.

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📍 Port Noarlunga South, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 92% of residents speak only English, a small number use languages such as Italian and Greek. Only 0.2% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the South Australian figure but higher than in most similar areas.

4.8% ▲ +27.7%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.2% ▼ -55.3%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Port Noarlunga South, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian 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 Port Noarlunga South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41207/port-noarlunga-south/topic/language