Punjabi
1,568 speakers
Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.
Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
Punjabi, Italian and Mandarin are the main languages after English in Tea Tree Gully, where the 2021 Census counted 14 per cent of residents speaking one at home. The top two are neck and neck. Tea Tree Gully's share is well under the share for the City of Adelaide.
Tea Tree Gully's share is under the share for South Australia, though not by much. That puts Tea Tree Gully in the upper half of South Australia's councils.
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Speakers at home, with the change since 2016. Broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd" count towards the totals but aren't listed, so the shares can add up to more than the languages shown.
Fastest-growing language
Punjabi
+205.1% since 2016
It started from at least 150 speakers in 2016, so the rise isn't a small-number effect.
Holden Hill and Fairview Park sit at opposite ends.
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The largest group born overseas comes from England.
22.5% born overseas, across 124 countries.
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
Blank answers matter here. 2,729 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 13.7%. Count them in and it's 16.5%; drop them from the base and it's 14.1%.
People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.
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