Lightsview, Port Adelaide Enfield

Languages spoken in Lightsview

Lightsview, in Port Adelaide Enfield, is a suburb of many languages: about 2,600 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Behind it sits Cantonese. The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
5,845
Speak another language
44.3%+101%
Languages spoken
59
Born overseas
43.1%

Which languages are spoken in Lightsview?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    593+92.5%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    219+92.1%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    185+285%
  4. 04
    Gujarati
    148+289%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    145+150%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    123+200%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    89+123%
  8. 08
    Korean
    82+74.5%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    70+62.8%
  10. 10
    Urdu
    65+97.0%

Why doesn't one language lead in Lightsview?

The largest, Mandarin, is spoken by about 590 people. In all, 10 languages each reach at least one resident in 100.

Which countries are Lightsview's residents from?

Among residents born overseas, India leads.

  1. 01
    India
    473+170%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    472+76.1%
  3. 03
    England
    172+39.8%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    162+44.6%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    123+116%
  6. 06
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    105+192%
  7. 07
    Vietnam
    81+97.6%
  8. 08
    Pakistan
    63+110%
  9. 09
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    59+31.1%
  10. 10
    Sri Lanka
    55+224%

Is Lightsview more multilingual than Port Adelaide Enfield?

Lightsview's share is above Port Adelaide Enfield, at 1.3 times the rate.

Lightsview
44.3%
Australia
21.3%
Port Adelaide Enfield
34.6%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What religions are reported in Lightsview?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,411+111%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    2,059+51.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    449+157%
  4. 04
    Islam
    351+181%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    261+114%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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