Mandarin
339 speakers
About 0.9 per cent of all residents.
Holdfast Bay, South Australia
The languages of Holdfast Bay beyond English
The 2021 Census found one in 11 residents in Holdfast Bay speaking a language other than English at home, with Mandarin and Greek the largest groups. Greek is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 39,124
- Speak another language
- 3,673
- Languages at home
- 82
- Change since 2016
- +28.5%
Who speaks another language at home in Holdfast Bay?
Small as they are, Mandarin, Greek and Portuguese are the largest.
Greek
336 speakers
Spoken at home by 0.9 per cent of residents.
Portuguese
246 speakers
It has more than tripled since 2016.
Which languages make up most of Holdfast Bay's multilingual community?
The quickest growth among the five is Portuguese, which has more than tripled.
The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.
- 01339+18.5%
- 02336+12.4%
- 03246+364%
- 04220-23.6%
- 05216+80.0%
How does Holdfast Bay compare with the City of Adelaide?
The share for the City of Adelaide is more than twice as high as Holdfast Bay's. Within South Australia, Holdfast Bay ranks 18th of 70.
- Holdfast Bay
- 9.4%
- City of Adelaide
- 34.4%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Where in Holdfast Bay is a language other than English most common?
With 12 suburbs, there isn't a big gap between them; Glenelg leads.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Glenelg (SA)Led by Portuguese13%440
- Glenelg NorthLed by Greek12%744
- Seacliff ParkLed by Persian (excluding Dari)11%294
- Glenelg EastLed by Greek10%393
- Kingston ParkLed by Mandarin10%61
- Glenelg SouthLed by Portuguese9%217
- South BrightonLed by Persian (excluding Dari)9%252
- Somerton ParkLed by Mandarin8%446
- North BrightonLed by Mandarin8%200
- Brighton (SA)Led by Greek7%268
- HoveLed by Greek7%222
- SeacliffLed by German7%136
- 12 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
What do birthplace and religion add in Holdfast Bay?
Among residents born overseas, England leads.
Country of birth
21.0% born overseas, across 97 countries.
- 01England3,105+5.7%
- 02India461+35.2%
- 03Scotland411+6.2%
- 04New Zealand361-4.0%
- 05South Africa308+35.1%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)260+1.2%
- 07Germany233-13.1%
- 08Brazil211+415%
- 09United States of America201+27.2%
- 10Philippines175+54.9%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs18,861+37.4%
- 02Christianity17,461-8.7%
- 03Hinduism358+47.3%
- 04Buddhism350+12.9%
- 05Islam242+5.2%
- 06Judaism19-24.0%
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
Other sources sometimes quote 12.7% for Holdfast Bay. That figure treats the 1,284 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 9.4%, and 9.7% is the share among those who answered.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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