3.9% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burra · Urban Centre
Language in Burra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Burra (L), which rose to 3.9% in 2021. While this is a slight increase since 2011, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English, and very few struggle with the language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8%. While 86.6% speak only English, 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
0.8% ▲ +129.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
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).
More for Burra
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Burra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421004/burra/topic/language