18.8% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Colton · State Electorate
Language in Colton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 78.3% of people in Colton. While most residents speak English, about 18.8% use another language at home, which is similar to the South Australian average but well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home has fallen 4.0 points since 2011 to 18.8%. Aside from English, the most common languages are Greek at 4.1% and Italian at 3.9%, while only 2.0% of people speak little or no English.
2.0% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Colton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40007/colton/topic/language