20.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Ives · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.9% of people in St Ives (SA). While most of the community speaks only English, one in five residents uses another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
About 20% of people here use a language other than English at home, a figure a little above the South Australian average. Despite this, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure.
20.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in St Ives [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41369/st-ives/topic/language