We are Copper Coast

2 per cent.

2 in every 100 Copper Coast residents speak a language other than English at home. 293 people, in 35 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
14,985
Speak another language
293
Languages at home
35
Growth since last census
+54.2%

Most of us speak English at home. 293 of us do not, across 35 languages, most often Italian, Greek and Afrikaans. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In South Australia

#52

of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #453 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Italian

31 speakers

Italian is spoken by 31 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Copper Coast.

Greek

26 speakers

Greek is spoken by 26 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Copper Coast.

Afrikaans

24 speakers

Afrikaans is spoken by 24 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Copper Coast.

The languages of Copper Coast

35 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 18 most spoken languages in Copper Coast, covering 243 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
    Italian
    31+29.2%
  2. 02
    Greek
    26+23.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans
    24+9.1%
  4. 04
    Narungga
    19
  5. 05
    Filipino
    17
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    13
  7. 07
    Telugu
    12+100%
  8. 08
    Dutch
    12+9.1%
  9. 09
    Urdu
    11+175%
  10. 10
    Spanish
    11+37.5%

Why we publish this

2.0% 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. 293 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

7.9% of us were born overseas, across 33 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    719+12.2%
  2. 02
    Scotland
    65+6.6%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    57-29.6%
  4. 04
    Netherlands
    48-11.1%
  5. 05
    India
    37+8.8%
  6. 06
    Italy
    35+9.4%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    32-3.0%
  8. 08
    Germany
    29-38.3%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    28-9.7%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    13+333%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    7,382+49.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    6,214-18.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    34-35.8%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    29+26.1%
  5. 05
    Islam
    18+50.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    0-100%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 14 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Copper Coast 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

Copper Coast
2.0%
South Australia
16.9%
Australia
21.3%

2.0% of Copper Coast 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. 2.0% is 293 residents as a share of all 14,985 of us. A further 1,016 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 8.7%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.1%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Copper Coast, 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 Copper Coast 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 Copper Coast.