We are Ceduna

9 per cent.

9 in every 100 Ceduna residents speak a language other than English at home. 240 people, in 16 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
2,773
Speak another language
240
Languages at home
16
Growth since last census
+14.8%

Most of us speak English at home. 240 of us do not, across 16 languages, most often Pitjantjatjara, Greek and Punjabi. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In South Australia

#24

of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #182 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Pitjantjatjara

60 speakers

Pitjantjatjara is spoken by 60 of our residents at home, 2.2% of Ceduna.

Greek

35 speakers

Greek is spoken by 35 of our residents at home, 1.3% of Ceduna.

Punjabi

22 speakers

Punjabi is spoken by 22 of our residents at home, 0.8% of Ceduna.

The languages of Ceduna

16 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 11 most spoken languages in Ceduna, covering 177 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    Pitjantjatjara
    60+62.2%
  2. 02
    Greek
    35-35.2%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    22
  4. 04
    Malayalam
    15+400%
  5. 05
    Aboriginal English, so described
    10+100%
  6. 06
    Korean
    8-33.3%
  7. 07
    Kukatha
    7
  8. 08
    Telugu
    6+50.0%
  9. 09
    Mandarin
    5
  10. 10
    Nungali
    5

Why we publish this

8.7% of us

We share this portrait because a council below the South Australia average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 240 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

6.1% of us were born overseas, across 17 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    53+10.4%
  2. 02
    India
    47+236%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    23-8.0%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    10-28.6%
  5. 05
    Greece
    9+28.6%
  6. 06
    Angola
    4
  7. 07
    Fiji
    4
  8. 08
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    4-50.0%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    4+33.3%
  10. 10
    Taiwan
    4-33.3%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Ceduna at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,237-9.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,187+32.6%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    11+57.1%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    7-46.2%
  5. 05
    Judaism
    4
  6. 06
    Islam
    3

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 3 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Ceduna shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Ceduna
8.7%
South Australia
16.9%
Australia
21.3%

8.7% of Ceduna residents speak a language other than English at home, against 16.9% for South Australia and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

How the headline share is counted. 8.7% is 240 residents as a share of all 2,773 of us. A further 247 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 17.6%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 9.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Ceduna, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Ceduna figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Ceduna.