SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Wattle Range

11,751 residents · 27+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.1%
1,074 people
Growth since last census
+27.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.43× South Australia avg
0.34× national avg
Population
11,751
CALD residents
1,074
Languages spoken
27
Fastest-growing
+125%
Narrative

Why this matters

Wattle Range is home to 11,751 residents. 9.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,074 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Wattle Range 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
    Italian64 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin36 · 0.3%
    125.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi22 · 0.2%
    69.2%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans14 · 0.1%
    17.6%
  5. 05
    Filipino14 · 0.1%
    40.0%
  6. 06
    Dutch12 · 0.1%
    20.0%
  1. 01
    Non-verbal, so described11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    German8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Finnish7 · 0.1%
    36.4%
  6. 06
    Japanese6 · 0.1%
    33.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.1%
Italian
64 · 0.0%
Mandarin
36 · +125.0%
Punjabi
22 · +69.2%
Afrikaans
14 · -17.6%
Filipino
14 · +40.0%
Dutch
12 · -20.0%
Non-verbal, so described
11 · 0.0%
Nepali
10 · 0.0%
Tagalog
8 · 0.0%
German
8 · 0.0%
Finnish
7
Japanese
6
Vietnamese
5
Bengali
5
Uzbek
5
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian64 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin36 · 0.3%
    125.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi22 · 0.2%
    69.2%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans14 · 0.1%
    17.6%
  5. 05
    Filipino14 · 0.1%
    40.0%
  6. 06
    Dutch12 · 0.1%
    20.0%
  7. 07
    Non-verbal, so described11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Nepali10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Tagalog8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    German8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Finnish7 · 0.1%
    36.4%
  12. 12
    Japanese6 · 0.1%
    33.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+125.0%
36 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+69.2%
22 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+40.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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