SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Gawler

24,732 residents · 53+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.5%
1,865 people
Growth since last census
+57.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.37× South Australia avg
0.28× national avg
Population
24,732
CALD residents
1,865
Languages spoken
53
Fastest-growing
+475%
Narrative

Why this matters

Gawler is home to 24,732 residents. 7.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,865 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Gawler 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
    Italian149 · 0.6%
    ▼13.9%
  2. 02
    Filipino59 · 0.2%
    ▲391.7%
  3. 03
    Greek58 · 0.2%
    ▼6.5%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese48 · 0.2%
    ▲9.1%
  5. 05
    Tagalog44 · 0.2%
    ▲7.3%
  6. 06
    Mandarin42 · 0.2%
    ▲10.5%
  1. 01
    Spanish41 · 0.2%
    ▲51.9%
  2. 02
    Arabic40 · 0.2%
    ▲2.6%
  3. 03
    German32 · 0.1%
    ▼20.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans27 · 0.1%
    ▼20.6%
  5. 05
    Romanian23 · 0.1%
    ▲475.0%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese19 · 0.1%
    ▲46.2%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.5%
Italian
149 · -13.9%
Filipino
59 · +391.7%
Greek
58 · -6.5%
Vietnamese
48 · +9.1%
Tagalog
44 · +7.3%
Mandarin
42 · +10.5%
Spanish
41 · +51.9%
Arabic
40 · +2.6%
German
32 · -20.0%
Afrikaans
27 · -20.6%
Romanian
23 · +475.0%
Sinhalese
19 · +46.2%
Russian
18 · +63.6%
Polish
17 · -46.9%
Cantonese
17 · +183.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian149 · 0.6%
    ▼13.9%
  2. 02
    Filipino59 · 0.2%
    ▲391.7%
  3. 03
    Greek58 · 0.2%
    ▼6.5%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese48 · 0.2%
    ▲9.1%
  5. 05
    Tagalog44 · 0.2%
    ▲7.3%
  6. 06
    Mandarin42 · 0.2%
    ▲10.5%
  7. 07
    Spanish41 · 0.2%
    ▲51.9%
  8. 08
    Arabic40 · 0.2%
    ▲2.6%
  9. 09
    German32 · 0.1%
    ▼20.0%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans27 · 0.1%
    ▼20.6%
  11. 11
    Romanian23 · 0.1%
    ▲475.0%
  12. 12
    Sinhalese19 · 0.1%
    ▲46.2%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Romanian
+475.0%
23 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+391.7%
59 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Cantonese
+183.3%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Kudla
571 RESIDENTS
27.3% CALDTop: Italian
Gawler West
972 RESIDENTS
11.1% CALDTop: Filipino
Hillier
762 RESIDENTS
9.7% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Evanston
2,544 RESIDENTS
9.6% CALDTop: Filipino
Gawler (SA)
665 RESIDENTS
9.5% CALDTop: Bislama
Evanston Gardens
2,220 RESIDENTS
8.5% CALDTop: Tagalog
Evanston South
1,077 RESIDENTS
7.9% CALDTop: Korean
Reid (SA)
443 RESIDENTS
7.0% CALDTop: Arabic
Gawler East
5,646 RESIDENTS
6.1% CALDTop: Spanish
Evanston Park
3,854 RESIDENTS
6.1% CALDTop: Italian
Gawler South
2,570 RESIDENTS
5.8% CALDTop: Italian
Willaston
3,408 RESIDENTS
5.4% CALDTop: Tagalog
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Gawler.

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