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We are Victor Harbor

We are Victor Harbor.

Home to one of the larger German-speaking communities in South Australia, and 36 other language communities besides.

Our population
15,942
Speak another language
1,027
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+24.7%
37 languages are spoken at home in Victor Harbor. German leads (59 speakers), with Italian close behind (39). 6 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 German at home
59
Our largest community language, German, is spoken by 0.4% of Victor Harbor residents at home.
What makes our community ours
German
59 speakers

59 speakers, 0.4% of Victor Harbor. -3% since 2021.

Italian
39 speakers

39 speakers, 0.2% of Victor Harbor. +26% since 2021.

Dutch
33 speakers

33 speakers, 0.2% of Victor Harbor.

The languages of Victor Harbor

37 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.

German
59 · -3.3%
Italian
39 · +25.8%
Dutch
33 · 0.0%
Mandarin
30 · +25.0%
French
20 · -23.1%
Afrikaans
18 · +50.0%
Greek
18 · +38.5%
Punjabi
14 · +16.7%
Thai
13 · 0.0%
Auslan
12 · +100.0%
Russian
10 · +233.3%
Nepali
10 · +150.0%
Spanish
10 · -9.1%
Indonesian
9 · -10.0%
Tagalog
8 · +60.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    German59 · 0.4%
    3.3%
  2. 02
    Italian39 · 0.2%
    25.8%
  3. 03
    Dutch33 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin30 · 0.2%
    25.0%
  5. 05
    French20 · 0.1%
    23.1%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans18 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  7. 07
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    38.5%
  8. 08
    Punjabi14 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  9. 09
    Thai13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  11. 11
    Russian10 · 0.1%
    233.3%
  12. 12
    Nepali10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Russian
+233.3% 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
Victor Harbor
6.4%
South Australia
20.5%
Australia
27.3%

6.4% of Victor Harbor residents speak a language other than English at home, against 20.5% for South Australia and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.