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We are Yankalilla

We are Yankalilla.

Home to one of the larger Greek-speaking communities in South Australia, and 10 other language communities besides.

Our population
5,819
Speak another language
448
Languages at home
11+
Growth since last census
+93.3%
11 languages are spoken at home in Yankalilla. Greek leads (20 speakers), with Dutch close behind (17). 8 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 Greek at home
20
Our largest community language, Greek, is spoken by 0.3% of Yankalilla residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Greek
20 speakers

20 speakers, 0.3% of Yankalilla. +54% since 2021.

Dutch
17 speakers

17 speakers, 0.3% of Yankalilla. +143% since 2021.

Spanish
16 speakers

16 speakers, 0.3% of Yankalilla. +167% since 2021.

The languages of Yankalilla

11 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.

Greek
20 · +53.8%
Dutch
17 · +142.9%
Spanish
16 · +166.7%
German
16 · -20.0%
Afrikaans
14 · 0.0%
Italian
8 · +166.7%
Mandarin
7 · 0.0%
Filipino
6 · 0.0%
Thai
6
Punjabi
3
Cantonese
3
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Greek20 · 0.3%
    53.8%
  2. 02
    Dutch17 · 0.3%
    142.9%
  3. 03
    Spanish16 · 0.3%
    166.7%
  4. 04
    German16 · 0.3%
    20.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans14 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Italian8 · 0.1%
    166.7%
  7. 07
    Mandarin7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Filipino6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Thai6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Punjabi3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Cantonese3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Spanish
+166.7% 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
Yankalilla
7.7%
South Australia
20.5%
Australia
27.3%

7.7% of Yankalilla residents speak a language other than English at home, against 20.5% for South Australia and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.