21.9% ▲ +465.9%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lee · State Electorate
Language in Lee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
An 18 percentage point jump in the use of non-English languages since 2011 has transformed the linguistic landscape of Lee. Now, 21.9% of people speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the South Australian figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 74.3% of residents, others use Italian, Greek, Punjabi or Mandarin. About 2.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most areas but has fallen slightly since 2016.
2.9% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Lee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40027/lee/topic/language