SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Grant

8,791 residents · 13+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
15.4%
1,356 people
Growth since last census
+91.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.72× South Australia avg
0.57× national avg
Population
8,791
CALD residents
1,356
Languages spoken
13
Fastest-growing
+267%
Narrative

Why this matters

Grant is home to 8,791 residents. 15.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,356 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Grant 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
    German21 · 0.2%
    200.0%
  2. 02
    Italian19 · 0.2%
    55.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  4. 04
    Filipino11 · 0.1%
    266.7%
  5. 05
    Karen10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Frisian5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  1. 01
    Tagalog5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  2. 02
    Thai5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Polish4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Mandarin3 · 0.0%
    62.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 85%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 84.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 15.4%
German
21 · +200.0%
Italian
19 · -55.8%
Afrikaans
12 · +33.3%
Filipino
11 · +266.7%
Karen
10 · 0.0%
Frisian
5
Tagalog
5
Thai
5 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
4 · 0.0%
Spanish
4 · 0.0%
Polish
4 · 0.0%
Mandarin
3 · -62.5%
Hungarian
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German21 · 0.2%
    200.0%
  2. 02
    Italian19 · 0.2%
    55.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  4. 04
    Filipino11 · 0.1%
    266.7%
  5. 05
    Karen10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Frisian5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  7. 07
    Tagalog5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  8. 08
    Thai5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Spanish4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Polish4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Mandarin3 · 0.0%
    62.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Filipino
+266.7%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
German
+200.0%
21 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Frisian
+66.7%
5 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Grant.

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