SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Mount Barker

38,588 residents · 64+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.1%
3,137 people
Growth since last census
+70.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.38× South Australia avg
0.30× national avg
Population
38,588
CALD residents
3,137
Languages spoken
64
Fastest-growing
+189%
Narrative

Why this matters

Mount Barker is home to 38,588 residents. 8.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,137 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Mount Barker 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
    German174 · 0.5%
    13.7%
  2. 02
    Mandarin136 · 0.4%
    115.9%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans135 · 0.3%
    60.7%
  4. 04
    Italian84 · 0.2%
    16.0%
  5. 05
    Dutch81 · 0.2%
    68.8%
  6. 06
    Punjabi78 · 0.2%
    188.9%
  1. 01
    Japanese66 · 0.2%
    78.4%
  2. 02
    French58 · 0.2%
    28.9%
  3. 03
    Spanish54 · 0.1%
    58.8%
  4. 04
    Tagalog52 · 0.1%
    136.4%
  5. 05
    Filipino51 · 0.1%
    18.6%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese44 · 0.1%
    18.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.1%
German
174 · +13.7%
Mandarin
136 · +115.9%
Afrikaans
135 · +60.7%
Italian
84 · -16.0%
Dutch
81 · +68.8%
Punjabi
78 · +188.9%
Japanese
66 · +78.4%
French
58 · +28.9%
Spanish
54 · +58.8%
Tagalog
52 · +136.4%
Filipino
51 · +18.6%
Sinhalese
44 · +18.9%
Greek
31 · -16.2%
Thai
30 · +3.4%
Cantonese
29 · +93.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German174 · 0.5%
    13.7%
  2. 02
    Mandarin136 · 0.4%
    115.9%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans135 · 0.3%
    60.7%
  4. 04
    Italian84 · 0.2%
    16.0%
  5. 05
    Dutch81 · 0.2%
    68.8%
  6. 06
    Punjabi78 · 0.2%
    188.9%
  7. 07
    Japanese66 · 0.2%
    78.4%
  8. 08
    French58 · 0.2%
    28.9%
  9. 09
    Spanish54 · 0.1%
    58.8%
  10. 10
    Tagalog52 · 0.1%
    136.4%
  11. 11
    Filipino51 · 0.1%
    18.6%
  12. 12
    Sinhalese44 · 0.1%
    18.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+188.9%
78 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Tagalog
+136.4%
52 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Mandarin
+115.9%
136 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Mount Barker.

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