SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Copper Coast

14,985 residents · 29+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.7%
1,309 people
Growth since last census
+32.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.41× South Australia avg
0.32× national avg
Population
14,985
CALD residents
1,309
Languages spoken
29
Fastest-growing
+175%
Narrative

Why this matters

Copper Coast is home to 14,985 residents. 8.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,309 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Copper Coast 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
    Italian31 · 0.2%
    29.2%
  2. 02
    Greek26 · 0.2%
    23.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans24 · 0.2%
    9.1%
  4. 04
    Narungga19 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Punjabi13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Telugu12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  2. 02
    Dutch12 · 0.1%
    9.1%
  3. 03
    Urdu11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish11 · 0.1%
    37.5%
  5. 05
    Hindi11 · 0.1%
    83.3%
  6. 06
    Mandarin10 · 0.1%
    28.6%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.7%
Italian
31 · +29.2%
Greek
26 · +23.8%
Afrikaans
24 · +9.1%
Narungga
19 · 0.0%
Filipino
17 · 0.0%
Punjabi
13 · 0.0%
Telugu
12 · +100.0%
Dutch
12 · +9.1%
Urdu
11 · +175.0%
Spanish
11 · +37.5%
Hindi
11 · +83.3%
Mandarin
10 · -28.6%
Auslan
9 · 0.0%
Gujarati
9 · 0.0%
Russian
8 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian31 · 0.2%
    29.2%
  2. 02
    Greek26 · 0.2%
    23.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans24 · 0.2%
    9.1%
  4. 04
    Narungga19 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Punjabi13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Telugu12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  8. 08
    Dutch12 · 0.1%
    9.1%
  9. 09
    Urdu11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  10. 10
    Spanish11 · 0.1%
    37.5%
  11. 11
    Hindi11 · 0.1%
    83.3%
  12. 12
    Mandarin10 · 0.1%
    28.6%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Urdu
+175.0%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Telugu
+100.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Hindi
+83.3%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Copper Coast.

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