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Port Pirie South · Suburb / Locality

Language in Port Pirie South

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

Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Port Pirie South compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians use another language at home, only 5.2% of residents here do. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Port Pirie South, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 90.3% of the population. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%, though this is still higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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5.2% ▲ +21.1%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.6% ▲ +46.0%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Pirie South, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 90.3% Italian 1.1% Arabic 0.5% Greek 0.4% Mandarin 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Cantonese 0.1%

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 Pirie South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41210/port-pirie-south/topic/language