Afrikaans
67 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than doubled.
Southern Mallee, South Australia
The languages of Southern Mallee beyond English
Most of Southern Mallee speaks English at home, but 170 people don't, the 2021 Census shows, and Afrikaans leads among them. Only two languages reach one in 100 residents. Southern Mallee's share is less than half the share for the City of Adelaide.
- Residents
- 2,532
- Speak another language
- 170
- Languages at home
- 22
- Change since 2016
- +82.8%
Which communities in Southern Mallee are largest?
The three biggest groups are below, with their speaker counts.
Mandarin
27 speakers
The community has grown by more than half since 2016.
Indonesian
14 speakers
Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.
What are the five most spoken languages other than English in Southern Mallee?
Speakers of languages other than English are up by more than a quarter on 2016.
Top five by speakers at home, each with its movement on 2016. Show more to see the rest.
- 0167+179%
- 0227+58.8%
- 0314+367%
- 048+100%
- 058+60.0%
How does Southern Mallee's share measure up to South Australia?
Across South Australia, a language other than English is at least twice as common. That puts Southern Mallee in the upper half of South Australia's councils.
- Southern Mallee
- 6.7%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
- City of Adelaide
- 34.4%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Which suburbs of Southern Mallee have the largest multilingual communities?
Lameroo has the highest share of the 4 suburbs, but not by far.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- LamerooLed by Afrikaans8%72
- PinnarooLed by Afrikaans8%72
- NgarkatLed by Indonesian4%22
- GeraniumLed by Italian3%4
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 4 suburbs listed.
Which countries are Southern Mallee's overseas-born residents from?
After Australia, most residents born overseas came from South Africa.
Country of birth
10.1% born overseas, across 26 countries.
- 01South Africa63+85.3%
- 02England43-18.9%
- 03Philippines20+42.9%
- 04New Zealand180%
- 05Indonesia16+433%
- 06Zimbabwe11+22.2%
- 07Taiwan10-44.4%
- 08India9+125%
- 09Netherlands7-41.7%
- 10Ukraine7-22.2%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity1,188-20.1%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs1,016+29.3%
- 03Islam22+69.2%
- 04Buddhism9-18.2%
- 05Hinduism5
- 06Judaism4
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
How the headline share is counted: 6.7% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 225 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 15.6%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 7.4%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Figures for Southern Mallee itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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