Tagalog
72 speakers
About 1.1 per cent of all residents.
Wakefield, South Australia
Which languages are spoken in Wakefield?
The 2021 Census found one in 30 residents in Wakefield speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Tagalog is the largest group. Only a small margin separates Filipino from the leader. Wakefield's share is less than half the share for South Australia.
- Residents
- 6,812
- Speak another language
- 236
- Languages at home
- 26
- Change since 2016
- +0.9%
What's spoken in Wakefield apart from English?
Tagalog, Filipino and Afrikaans have the most speakers.
How far is Wakefield from the City of Adelaide on languages?
The share for the City of Adelaide is more than twice as high as Wakefield's. Within South Australia, Wakefield ranks 34th of 70.
- Wakefield
- 3.5%
- City of Adelaide
- 34.4%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Compare Wakefield with every council on the diversity index.
Which suburbs of Wakefield have the most speakers of other languages?
The 12 suburbs sit close together, Port Wakefield at the top.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Port WakefieldLed by Filipino13%112
- Hamley BridgeLed by Tagalog4%22
- BalaklavaLed by Filipino3%67
- SnowtownLed by Greek2%9
- HalburyLed by Afrikaans2%10
- Lochiel (SA)Led by Tagalog2%9
- BlythLed by Tagalog2%7
- Owen0%0
- Condowie0%0
- Salter Springs0%0
- Hart (SA)0%0
- Brinkworth0%0
- 12 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
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.
Other sources sometimes quote 9.2% for Wakefield. That figure treats the 388 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.5%, and 3.7% 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.
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