SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Light

15,711 residents · 27+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
6.6%
1,041 people
Growth since last census
+45.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.31× South Australia avg
0.24× national avg
Population
15,711
CALD residents
1,041
Languages spoken
27
Fastest-growing
+275%
Narrative

Why this matters

Light is home to 15,711 residents. 6.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,041 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Light 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
    Italian51 · 0.3%
    45.7%
  2. 02
    German46 · 0.3%
    13.2%
  3. 03
    Mandarin22 · 0.1%
    120.0%
  4. 04
    Japanese16 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  5. 05
    Russian15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino14 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese14 · 0.1%
    46.2%
  2. 02
    Thai14 · 0.1%
    27.3%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    45.5%
  4. 04
    Hungarian11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  5. 05
    Dinka9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Shona9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 93%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 93.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 6.6%
Italian
51 · +45.7%
German
46 · -13.2%
Mandarin
22 · +120.0%
Japanese
16 · +60.0%
Russian
15 · +275.0%
Filipino
14 · +16.7%
Vietnamese
14 · -46.2%
Thai
14 · +27.3%
Afrikaans
12 · -45.5%
Hungarian
11 · +175.0%
Dinka
9 · 0.0%
Shona
9 · -18.2%
Greek
8 · -11.1%
Portuguese
8 · +166.7%
Dutch
7 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian51 · 0.3%
    45.7%
  2. 02
    German46 · 0.3%
    13.2%
  3. 03
    Mandarin22 · 0.1%
    120.0%
  4. 04
    Japanese16 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  5. 05
    Russian15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino14 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese14 · 0.1%
    46.2%
  8. 08
    Thai14 · 0.1%
    27.3%
  9. 09
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    45.5%
  10. 10
    Hungarian11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  11. 11
    Dinka9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Shona9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Russian
+275.0%
15 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Hungarian
+175.0%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Portuguese
+166.7%
8 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Light.

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