Barossa, South Australia

Languages spoken in Barossa

English is the only language spoken at home by about 24,000 people in Barossa, according to the 2021 Census, and German is the most common of the others. Every language other than English sits below one in 100 residents. Barossa's share is well under the national share.

Residents: 25,252
Speak another language: 529
Languages at home: 33
Change since 2016: +35.6%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Barossa?

German has the most speakers, though every group here is small.

German

152 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

Italian

54 speakers

That's fewer than one in 100 residents.

Mandarin

39 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.2 per cent of residents.

How much less multilingual is Barossa than South Australia?

Across South Australia, the share speaking another language is more than double. In South Australia, 43 councils rank above Barossa.

Barossa: 2.1%
South Australia: 16.9%
Australia: 21.3%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

The full diversity index, with Barossa highlighted.

Do Barossa's suburbs differ much?

Mount Pleasant tops the list, but the spread across 21 suburbs is narrow.

Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.

ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.

A note on method: 931 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 2.1% sits below the 5.8% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 2.2% measured across respondents only.

People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.

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