SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Port Lincoln

14,265 residents · 37+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.3%
1,466 people
Growth since last census
+33.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.50× South Australia avg
0.38× national avg
Population
14,265
CALD residents
1,466
Languages spoken
37
Fastest-growing
+167%
Narrative

Why this matters

Port Lincoln is home to 14,265 residents. 10.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,466 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Port Lincoln 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
    Croatian73 · 0.5%
    58.7%
  2. 02
    Tagalog46 · 0.3%
    12.2%
  3. 03
    Punjabi38 · 0.3%
    90.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin31 · 0.2%
    93.8%
  5. 05
    Filipino30 · 0.2%
    3.2%
  6. 06
    Italian27 · 0.2%
    47.1%
  1. 01
    Spanish22 · 0.2%
    69.2%
  2. 02
    Greek21 · 0.1%
    8.7%
  3. 03
    German18 · 0.1%
    12.5%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Gujarati12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    French12 · 0.1%
    33.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.3%
Croatian
73 · +58.7%
Tagalog
46 · +12.2%
Punjabi
38 · +90.0%
Mandarin
31 · +93.8%
Filipino
30 · -3.2%
Italian
27 · -47.1%
Spanish
22 · +69.2%
Greek
21 · -8.7%
German
18 · +12.5%
Vietnamese
15 · 0.0%
Gujarati
12 · 0.0%
French
12 · -33.3%
Portuguese
12 · 0.0%
Bislama
11 · 0.0%
Yoruba
8 · +166.7%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Croatian73 · 0.5%
    58.7%
  2. 02
    Tagalog46 · 0.3%
    12.2%
  3. 03
    Punjabi38 · 0.3%
    90.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin31 · 0.2%
    93.8%
  5. 05
    Filipino30 · 0.2%
    3.2%
  6. 06
    Italian27 · 0.2%
    47.1%
  7. 07
    Spanish22 · 0.2%
    69.2%
  8. 08
    Greek21 · 0.1%
    8.7%
  9. 09
    German18 · 0.1%
    12.5%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Gujarati12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    French12 · 0.1%
    33.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Yoruba
+166.7%
8 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+93.8%
31 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+90.0%
38 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Use this data

Commission a gap report for Port Lincoln.

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