SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Adelaide Plains

9,835 residents · 31+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.7%
1,149 people
Growth since last census
+36.4%
vs previous census
In context
0.57× South Australia avg
0.43× national avg
Population
9,835
CALD residents
1,149
Languages spoken
31
Fastest-growing
+250%
Narrative

Why this matters

Adelaide Plains is home to 9,835 residents. 11.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,149 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Adelaide Plains into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Bislama82 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Greek76 · 0.8%
    10.1%
  3. 03
    Italian62 · 0.6%
    32.6%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese57 · 0.6%
    21.3%
  5. 05
    Khmer33 · 0.3%
    94.1%
  6. 06
    French14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Romanian14 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Russian12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    German10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.7%
Bislama
82 · 0.0%
Greek
76 · +10.1%
Italian
62 · -32.6%
Vietnamese
57 · +21.3%
Khmer
33 · +94.1%
French
14 · 0.0%
Romanian
14 · +100.0%
Punjabi
14 · +250.0%
Tagalog
12 · +100.0%
Russian
12 · +200.0%
Sinhalese
11
German
10
Thai
9
Polish
9
Arabic
7
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Bislama82 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Greek76 · 0.8%
    10.1%
  3. 03
    Italian62 · 0.6%
    32.6%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese57 · 0.6%
    21.3%
  5. 05
    Khmer33 · 0.3%
    94.1%
  6. 06
    French14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Romanian14 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  8. 08
    Punjabi14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  9. 09
    Tagalog12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  10. 10
    Russian12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  11. 11
    Sinhalese11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    German10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+250.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Russian
+200.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Polish
+125.0%
9 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Adelaide Plains.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.