Italian
48 speakers
The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Light, South Australia
Languages spoken in Light
Italian is the most common language after English in Light, though only one in 50 residents speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. German is barely behind. Light's share is well under the share for South Australia.
- Residents
- 15,367
- Speak another language
- 305
- Languages at home
- 37
- Change since 2016
- +9.7%
What's spoken in Light apart from English?
None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.
How does Light compare with the City of Adelaide?
In the City of Adelaide, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among South Australia councils, Light ranks 47th.
- Light
- 2.0%
- City of Adelaide
- 34.4%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
Do Light's suburbs differ much?
No suburb stands far apart; Hewett is highest and Kapunda lowest.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- BuchfeldeLed by Italian9%24
- Stone WellLed by Vietnamese5%13
- HewettLed by Italian4%108
- WasleysLed by Afrikaans3%35
- Shea-Oak LogLed by Italian2%5
- Ward BeltLed by Italian2%4
- Gawler BeltLed by German2%17
- RoseworthyLed by Thai2%19
- Hamilton (SA)Led by Russian1%6
- FreelingLed by Hungarian1%37
- GreenockLed by German1%20
- KapundaLed by German1%17
- Ebenezer (SA)0%0
- 13 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
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.
2.0% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 724 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 6.7%; among respondents alone it's 2.1%.
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.
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