Punjabi
137 speakers
It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Which languages are spoken in Loxton Waikerie?
Punjabi is the most common language after English in Loxton Waikerie, though only about 460 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Most other languages here have fewer than one speaker per 100 residents. Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 11,393
- Speak another language
- 463
- Languages at home
- 36
- Change since 2016
- +13.8%
Which languages are heard at home in Loxton Waikerie?
Punjabi, Greek and Malay are the three largest.
Where does Loxton Waikerie sit against the City of Adelaide?
In the City of Adelaide, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among 70 councils in South Australia, Loxton Waikerie is 32nd.
- Loxton Waikerie
- 4.1%
- City of Adelaide
- 34.4%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which suburbs of Loxton Waikerie have the most speakers of other languages?
Even across 16 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Waikerie.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- WaikerieLed by Punjabi7%201
- MeribahLed by Italian7%8
- SunlandsLed by Malay7%27
- ParunaLed by Afrikaans4%6
- LoxtonLed by Greek3%162
- MaggeaLed by Fijian3%13
- Moorook SouthLed by Marathi3%5
- Kingston On MurrayLed by Italian3%16
- RamcoLed by Punjabi2%9
- Loxton NorthLed by Greek2%13
- BookpurnongLed by Punjabi2%3
- Pyap0%0
- Galga0%0
- New Residence0%0
- Woodleigh (SA)0%0
- Taldra0%0
- 16 suburbs in Loxton Waikerie. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
Other sources sometimes quote 10.7% for Loxton Waikerie. That figure treats the 753 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 4.1%, and 4.4% 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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