SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Port Pirie

17,017 residents · 31+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.2%
1,561 people
Growth since last census
+11.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.45× South Australia avg
0.34× national avg
Population
17,017
CALD residents
1,561
Languages spoken
31
Fastest-growing
+300%
Narrative

Why this matters

Port Pirie is home to 17,017 residents. 9.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,561 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 Pirie 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
    Italian107 · 0.6%
    34.0%
  2. 02
    Romanian79 · 0.5%
    58.0%
  3. 03
    Greek61 · 0.4%
    36.5%
  4. 04
    Mandarin32 · 0.2%
    88.2%
  5. 05
    Urdu30 · 0.2%
    18.9%
  6. 06
    Tagalog26 · 0.2%
    23.8%
  1. 01
    Afrikaans25 · 0.1%
    34.2%
  2. 02
    Arabic22 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese22 · 0.1%
    22.2%
  4. 04
    Filipino19 · 0.1%
    44.1%
  5. 05
    Nepali16 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  6. 06
    German15 · 0.1%
    87.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.2%
Italian
107 · -34.0%
Romanian
79 · +58.0%
Greek
61 · -36.5%
Mandarin
32 · +88.2%
Urdu
30 · -18.9%
Tagalog
26 · +23.8%
Afrikaans
25 · -34.2%
Arabic
22 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
22 · +22.2%
Filipino
19 · -44.1%
Nepali
16 · +300.0%
German
15 · +87.5%
Punjabi
14 · 0.0%
Spanish
12 · +50.0%
Tamil
10 · -41.2%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian107 · 0.6%
    34.0%
  2. 02
    Romanian79 · 0.5%
    58.0%
  3. 03
    Greek61 · 0.4%
    36.5%
  4. 04
    Mandarin32 · 0.2%
    88.2%
  5. 05
    Urdu30 · 0.2%
    18.9%
  6. 06
    Tagalog26 · 0.2%
    23.8%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans25 · 0.1%
    34.2%
  8. 08
    Arabic22 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese22 · 0.1%
    22.2%
  10. 10
    Filipino19 · 0.1%
    44.1%
  11. 11
    Nepali16 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  12. 12
    German15 · 0.1%
    87.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+300.0%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+88.2%
32 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
German
+87.5%
15 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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