31.3% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Adelaide · State Electorate
Language in Adelaide
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 62.6% of people in Adelaide, but the area is notably multilingual. Around 31.3% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
More than 31% of people use another language at home, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the Australian average. While Mandarin is the most common second language at 8.7%, only 3.4% of residents speak little or no English.
3.4% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40001/adelaide/topic/language