We are Walkerville

22 per cent.

Nearly 22 in every 100 Walkerville residents speak a language other than English at home. It is among the highest shares of any council in South Australia.

Our population
7,858
Speak another language
1,709
Languages at home
55
Growth since last census
+12.3%

One in 5 of us speaks a language other than English at home: 1,709 people, most often Mandarin, Greek and Italian. That is not a fringe of the community. It is a standing share of every audience anyone here is trying to reach.

In South Australia

#12

of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #94 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

315 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 315 of our residents at home, 4.0% of Walkerville.

Greek

165 speakers

Greek is spoken by 165 of our residents at home, 2.1% of Walkerville.

Italian

155 speakers

Italian is spoken by 155 of our residents at home, 2.0% of Walkerville.

The languages of Walkerville

55 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Walkerville, covering 1,452 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    315+24.0%
  2. 02
    Greek
    165-12.2%
  3. 03
    Italian
    155-17.1%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    147+38.7%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    131+11.0%
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    76+33.3%
  7. 07
    Gujarati
    58+205%
  8. 08
    Urdu
    56+86.7%
  9. 09
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    55-1.8%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    53+23.3%

Fastest-growing among us

Mandarin

+24.0% since last census

We share this portrait because Walkerville is, genuinely, not an “average” council. Services designed for the median South Australia resident arrive here in the wrong language. This almanac exists so that nobody writing policy about us — federal, state, corporate or media — can say they did not know.

Mandarin grew 24.0% since the last census, to 315 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

27.7% of us were born overseas, across 74 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    396-1.5%
  2. 02
    India
    282+85.5%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    254+5.8%
  4. 04
    Vietnam
    122+67.1%
  5. 05
    Malaysia
    111+22.0%
  6. 06
    Italy
    91-18.0%
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    67+52.3%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    65-8.5%
  9. 09
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    51+2.0%
  10. 10
    Iran
    50-5.7%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Walkerville at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,641-6.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,146+25.4%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    279+89.8%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    261+46.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    181+67.6%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 4 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Walkerville shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Walkerville
21.7%
South Australia
16.9%
Australia
21.3%

21.7% of Walkerville residents speak a language other than English at home, against 16.9% for South Australia and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

How the headline share is counted. 21.7% is 1,709 residents as a share of all 7,858 of us. A further 279 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 25.3%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 22.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Walkerville, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Walkerville figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Walkerville.