10.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Berri · Urban Centre
Language in Berri
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people in Berri speak a language other than English compared to the national figure. While 10.7% of residents use another language at home—which is much higher than in most similar areas—this is still well below the South Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.1% of people, though others include Greek at 2.3% and Punjabi at 1.9%. Those who speak little or no English make up 1.7% of the population, a figure that is a little below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.7% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Berri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415006/berri/topic/language