40.7% ▲ +89.2%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Playford · State Electorate
Language in Playford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Playford than in most similar areas. This diversity has grown quickly, with 40.7% of residents now using another language at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 55.1% of people, 40.7% use another language, including Vietnamese, Punjabi, and Arabic. This rise in diversity is consistent with a growing number of people who speak little or no English, which reached 8.7% in 2021.
8.7% ▲ +72.1%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Playford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40036/playford/topic/language