86.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 81.7%
- 2021: 86.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pukatja · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pukatja
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 86.7% of people in Pukatja use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3% and is among the highest proportions found in similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.3% of residents speak English only, which is consistent with 17.1% of people speaking little or no English. This last figure is far above the South Australian rate of 2.7%.
17.1% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Pukatja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41222/pukatja/topic/language