4.7% —
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Language in Remainder of State/Territory
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English in the Remainder of State/Territory (SA) than in most similar areas. However, it remains far less linguistically diverse than the state as a whole, with 88% of residents speaking only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 4.7% of people use another language at home, a figure far below the South Australian and national averages. Despite this, 0.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than the rate seen in most similar areas.
0.7% —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL431001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language