17.8% ▲ +23.9%
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Australia · State / Territory
Language in South Australia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people speak a language other than English in South Australia than in most other states, with only 17.8% of residents doing so. While this is well below the national figure, the number of people using another language at home has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (77.6%), and the 17.8% who use another language at home is much lower than the Australian average of 22.3%. However, the 2.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure of 3.4%.
2.7% ▼ -6.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 South Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/4/south-australia/topic/language