Punjabi
114 speakers
The community has grown by more than half since 2016.
Port Augusta, South Australia
First Nations and other languages in Port Augusta
At the 2021 Census, one in 17 residents in Port Augusta spoke a language other than English at home, and Adnymathanha was the leading First Nations language among them. The quickest climber in the top five is Punjabi, which has grown by more than half since 2016. Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 13,629
- Speak another language
- 779
- Languages at home
- 57
- Change since 2016
- +66.5%
How many people in Port Augusta speak a First Nations language?
Adnymathanha is the largest, followed by Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara. They're the home languages of many people here who don't speak English at home.
- 0186+115%
- 0249+4.3%
- 0319
- 048
- 057
- 064
- 073
The ABS’s own post-enumeration survey found the census missed a much larger share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than of the population overall, so counts here are best read as a floor.
How different is Port Augusta from the City of Adelaide?
In the City of Adelaide, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among 70 councils in South Australia, Port Augusta is 31st.
- Port Augusta
- 5.7%
- City of Adelaide
- 34.4%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How do Port Augusta's languages rank?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
- 01114+67.6%
- 0286+115%
- 0349+4.3%
- 0443
- 0543-24.6%
- 0639
- 0733+6.5%
- 0832+167%
- 0920+567%
- 1019
Which multicultural languages have the most speakers in Port Augusta?
Of the other languages, these have the most speakers.
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
How do the localities of Port Augusta compare?
The 7 suburbs sit close together, Port Augusta at the top.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Davenport (SA)Led by Pitjantjatjara31%48
- Port AugustaLed by Punjabi7%475
- Port Augusta WestLed by Punjabi6%222
- Commissariat PointLed by Thai1%4
- Stirling NorthLed by Adnymathanha1%30
- Port Paterson0%0
- Miranda (SA)0%0
- 7 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
How does Port Augusta look on the map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Port Augusta with its neighbours on the full map.
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.
5.7% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 1,667 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 17.9%; among respondents alone it's 6.5%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
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