SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Yorke Peninsula

11,504 residents · 18+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.6%
994 people
Growth since last census
+47.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.42× South Australia avg
0.32× national avg
Population
11,504
CALD residents
994
Languages spoken
18
Fastest-growing
+150%
Narrative

Why this matters

Yorke Peninsula is home to 11,504 residents. 8.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 994 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Yorke Peninsula 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
    Italian15 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  2. 02
    German12 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  3. 03
    Auslan11 · 0.1%
    83.3%
  4. 04
    Greek7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Aboriginal English, so described5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Latvian4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Nepali4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Finnish4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Arabic3 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.6%
Italian
15 · +150.0%
German
12 · -25.0%
Auslan
11 · +83.3%
Greek
7 · 0.0%
Spanish
7 · 0.0%
Aboriginal English, so described
5 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
5 · 0.0%
Tagalog
4 · 0.0%
Latvian
4 · 0.0%
Nepali
4 · 0.0%
Finnish
4 · 0.0%
Arabic
3 · 0.0%
Filipino
3 · -70.0%
Thai
3 · 0.0%
French
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian15 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  2. 02
    German12 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  3. 03
    Auslan11 · 0.1%
    83.3%
  4. 04
    Greek7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Aboriginal English, so described5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Tagalog4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Latvian4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Nepali4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Finnish4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Arabic3 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Italian
+150.0%
15 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Auslan
+83.3%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Greek
0.0%
7 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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