SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Southern Mallee

1,960 residents · 15+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
16.5%
323 people
Growth since last census
+110.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.81× South Australia avg
0.60× national avg
Population
1,960
CALD residents
323
Languages spoken
15
Fastest-growing
+158%
Narrative

Why this matters

Southern Mallee is home to 1,960 residents. 16.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 323 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Southern Mallee 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
    Afrikaans62 · 3.2%
    158.3%
  2. 02
    Mandarin23 · 1.2%
    35.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog8 · 0.4%
    60.0%
  4. 04
    Ukrainian8 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino8 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Gujarati5 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Indonesian5 · 0.3%
    66.7%
  2. 02
    Hazaraghi5 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Russian4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Italian4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Bengali4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Non-verbal, so described3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 84%
AFR
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 83.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 16.5%
Afrikaans
62 · +158.3%
Mandarin
23 · +35.3%
Tagalog
8 · +60.0%
Ukrainian
8 · +100.0%
Filipino
8 · +100.0%
Gujarati
5 · 0.0%
Indonesian
5 · +66.7%
Hazaraghi
5 · 0.0%
Russian
4 · 0.0%
Italian
4 · 0.0%
Bengali
4
Non-verbal, so described
3
German
3
Punjabi
3
Burmese
3
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans62 · 3.2%
    158.3%
  2. 02
    Mandarin23 · 1.2%
    35.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog8 · 0.4%
    60.0%
  4. 04
    Ukrainian8 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino8 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Gujarati5 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Indonesian5 · 0.3%
    66.7%
  8. 08
    Hazaraghi5 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Russian4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Italian4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Bengali4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Non-verbal, so described3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Afrikaans
+158.3%
62 speakers · 3.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Ukrainian
+100.0%
8 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+100.0%
8 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Use this data

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