SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Loxton Waikerie

11,535 residents · 26+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.7%
1,235 people
Growth since last census
+151.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.52× South Australia avg
0.39× national avg
Population
11,535
CALD residents
1,235
Languages spoken
26
Fastest-growing
+1025%
Narrative

Why this matters

Loxton Waikerie is home to 11,535 residents. 10.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,235 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Loxton Waikerie 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
    Punjabi137 · 1.2%
    29.2%
  2. 02
    Greek67 · 0.6%
    44.6%
  3. 03
    Malay45 · 0.4%
    1025.0%
  4. 04
    Italian36 · 0.3%
    12.5%
  5. 05
    Mandarin25 · 0.2%
    316.7%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans19 · 0.2%
    216.7%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese16 · 0.1%
    128.6%
  2. 02
    German14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Fijian10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Indonesian10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino9 · 0.1%
    40.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.7%
Punjabi
137 · +29.2%
Greek
67 · -44.6%
Malay
45 · +1025.0%
Italian
36 · +12.5%
Mandarin
25 · +316.7%
Afrikaans
19 · +216.7%
Vietnamese
16 · +128.6%
German
14 · 0.0%
Auslan
12 · 0.0%
Fijian
10 · 0.0%
Indonesian
10
Filipino
9
Spanish
6
Persian (excluding Dari)
6
Albanian
5
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Punjabi137 · 1.2%
    29.2%
  2. 02
    Greek67 · 0.6%
    44.6%
  3. 03
    Malay45 · 0.4%
    1025.0%
  4. 04
    Italian36 · 0.3%
    12.5%
  5. 05
    Mandarin25 · 0.2%
    316.7%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans19 · 0.2%
    216.7%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese16 · 0.1%
    128.6%
  8. 08
    German14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Fijian10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Indonesian10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Filipino9 · 0.1%
    40.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malay
+1025.0%
45 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+316.7%
25 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Afrikaans
+216.7%
19 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
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