Main language groups speaking English not well or not at all
| Language | Not well or not at all | % of language group |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | 6,752 | 23.5 |
| Vietnamese | 5,966 | 31.4 |
| Italian | 4,014 | 13.8 |
| Greek | 3,304 | 14.4 |
| Cantonese | 2,160 | 22.3 |
| Arabic | 1,769 | 19.0 |
| Persian (excluding Dari) | 1,064 | 22.4 |
| Punjabi | 1,056 | 11.3 |
| Korean | 914 | 25.4 |
| Serbian | 833 | 20.0 |
| Polish | 710 | 12.5 |
| Spanish | 565 | 10.0 |
| Russian | 498 | 15.1 |
| Hindi | 455 | 6.2 |
| Australian Indigenous Languages | 397 | 11.7 |
| Croatian | 386 | 12.6 |
| Thai | 369 | 18.9 |
| Urdu | 310 | 10.5 |
| Japanese | 254 | 11.5 |
| Tamil | 252 | 9.3 |
| Indonesian | 202 | 11.1 |
| German | 200 | 3.1 |
| Bengali | 194 | 8.1 |
| Tagalog | 185 | 3.4 |
| Sinhalese | 159 | 6.0 |
| French | 129 | 4.7 |
| Filipino | 107 | 2.8 |
| Turkish | 89 | 12.8 |
| Macedonian | 62 | 9.8 |
| Dutch | 52 | 2.0 |
| Maltese | 45 | 5.3 |
| Afrikaans | 28 | 1.2 |
| Samoan | 7 | 4.5 |
| Language not stated | 711 | 0.8 |
| Other | 14,060 | |
| Total | 48,258 |
These summaries of South Australia's diverse population have been prepared by Multicultural Affairs, based on the 2016 census data.