6.4% ▼ -48.7%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kaurna · State Electorate
Language in Kaurna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Kaurna than in the rest of the country. Only 6.4% of residents speak another language, which is a far lower proportion than the 22.3% seen across Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language for 89.4% of residents, and the share of people using other languages fell 6.0 points since 2011. This is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.6%.
0.6% ▲ +60.6%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Kaurna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40024/kaurna/topic/language