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57th of 542 local government areas for language diversity

The languages of Norwood Payneham and St Peters

The 2021 Census shows one in four residents in Norwood Payneham and St Peters speaking a language other than English at home, a mix led by Mandarin with a large post-war European share. Only a small margin separates Italian from the leader. Norwood Payneham and St Peters is a little under the City of Adelaide.

Residents
36,864
Speak another language
9,346
Languages at home
85
Change since 2016
+7.9%

What are Norwood Payneham and St Peters' three main languages after English?

Mandarin

1,958 speakers

About 5.3 per cent of all residents.

Italian

1,877 speakers

Spoken at home by 5.1 per cent of residents.

Greek

728 speakers

That's one in 50 residents.

How have Italian and Greek changed in Norwood Payneham and St Peters since 2016?

The census shows Italian and Greek shrinking between 2016 and 2021. The Italian-speaking community is smaller than it was in 2011. Punjabi is rising fastest: it has grown by about three quarters since 2016.

  1. 01
    Italian
    1,877-18.1%
  2. 02
    Greek
    728-8.4%
  3. 03
    German
    113-32.3%
  4. 04
    Polish
    58-36.3%
  5. 05
    Dutch
    52+40.5%
  6. 06
    Croatian
    45+2.3%

What are the most spoken languages in Norwood Payneham and St Peters?

Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,958+22.3%
  2. 02
    Italian
    1,877-18.1%
  3. 03
    Greek
    728-8.4%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    481+97.1%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    447+23.8%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    312+15.1%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    287+61.2%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    274+17.1%
  9. 09
    Korean
    232+4.0%
  10. 10
    Nepali
    218+43.4%

What does Norwood Payneham and St Peters' language mix look like?

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Norwood Payneham and St Peters, covering 7,974 speakers. Block size follows speaker numbers; colour follows the five-year change. Every figure is also in the table below.
  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Norwood Payneham and St Peters, covering 7,974 speakers. Block size follows speaker numbers; colour follows the five-year change. Every figure is also in the table below.

Where does Norwood Payneham and St Peters sit on the diversity index?

Nationally

#57

Nationally, 56 councils rank above Norwood Payneham and St Peters. In South Australia, it’s 9 of 70. Every council ranked, Norwood Payneham and St Peters included.

Where does Norwood Payneham and St Peters stand against Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole comes in under Norwood Payneham and St Peters' share. Norwood Payneham and St Peters is in the top ten of South Australia's 70 councils.

Norwood Payneham and St Peters
25.4%
Australia
21.3%
City of Adelaide
34.4%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

Every council ranked, Norwood Payneham and St Peters included.

How does the mix change across Norwood Payneham and St Peters' suburbs?

No suburb stands far apart; Firle is highest and Hackney lowest.

Every suburb here has a page of its own.

What do religion and birthplace show in Norwood Payneham and St Peters?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

Country of birth

29.1% born overseas, across 107 countries.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,567+10.3%
  2. 02
    England
    1,505+3.9%
  3. 03
    Italy
    1,320-13.6%
  4. 04
    India
    1,310+47.2%
  5. 05
    Malaysia
    419+10.3%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    298+3.5%
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    276+112%
  8. 08
    Vietnam
    259+26.3%
  9. 09
    Greece
    239-18.2%
  10. 10
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    226-5.4%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    16,453-4.4%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    16,054+27.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    1,154+49.7%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    772+21.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    656+19.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    46+43.8%

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.

25.4% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 1,245 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 28.7%; among respondents alone it's 26.2%.

National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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