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We are Lower Eyre

We are Lower Eyre.

Home to one of the larger Aboriginal English, so described-speaking communities in South Australia, and 8 other language communities besides.

Our population
6,304
Speak another language
625
Languages at home
9+
Growth since last census
-4.1%
9 languages are spoken at home in Lower Eyre. Aboriginal English, so described leads (12 speakers), with Pitjantjatjara close behind (8). 10 per cent of us speak a language other than English at home. That is the measure of a community that has not left its languages behind.
speak Aboriginal English, so described at home
12
Our largest community language, Aboriginal English, so described, is spoken by 0.2% of Lower Eyre residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Aboriginal English, so described
12 speakers

12 speakers, 0.2% of Lower Eyre.

Pitjantjatjara
8 speakers

8 speakers, 0.1% of Lower Eyre.

Afrikaans
7 speakers

7 speakers, 0.1% of Lower Eyre.

The languages of Lower Eyre

9 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

Aboriginal English, so described
12 · 0.0%
Pitjantjatjara
8 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
7 · 0.0%
Telugu
7 · 0.0%
Thai
7 · +40.0%
German
7 · -50.0%
Greek
6 · 0.0%
Italian
3 · 0.0%
Hungarian
3 · 0.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Aboriginal English, so described12 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Pitjantjatjara8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Telugu7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Thai7 · 0.1%
    40.0%
  6. 06
    German7 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  7. 07
    Greek6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Italian3 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Hungarian3 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Thai
+40.0% since last census

We publish this so our residents can see themselves counted, and so the agencies, funders and neighbours who serve us can see who we actually serve. Language access is not a translation line-item in our budget. It is how an emergency notice reaches a grandparent, how an enrolment form is understood, and how a health campaign actually lands in the suburbs that make up our council.

Our suburbs
Where we are
In context
Lower Eyre
9.9%
South Australia
20.5%
Australia
27.3%

9.9% of Lower Eyre residents speak a language other than English at home, against 20.5% for South Australia and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.