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Whyalla, South Australia

Whyalla's multilingual community

At the 2021 Census, one in 19 residents in Whyalla spoke a language other than English at home, most often Tagalog. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. Whyalla's share is well under the share for South Australia.

Residents
20,839
Speak another language
1,081
Languages at home
67
Change since 2016
−1.6%

Who speaks another language at home in Whyalla?

The largest communities are small, but they're here: Tagalog, Afrikaans and Filipino.

Tagalog

134 speakers

About 0.6 per cent of all residents.

Afrikaans

91 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has fallen by more than a quarter.

Filipino

88 speakers

That's fewer than one in 100 residents.

Which languages make up most of Whyalla's multilingual community?

These communities are broadly the size they were in 2016.

The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.

  1. 01
    Tagalog
    134+15.5%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans
    91-33.6%
  3. 03
    Filipino
    88-3.3%
  4. 04
    Greek
    77-21.4%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    77+267%

How does Whyalla compare with the City of Adelaide?

In the City of Adelaide, the share speaking another language is more than double. Within South Australia, Whyalla ranks 27th of 70.

Whyalla
5.2%
City of Adelaide
34.4%
South Australia
16.9%

Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.

Find Whyalla on the diversity index.

Where in Whyalla is a language other than English most common?

With 6 suburbs, there isn't a big gap between them; Whyalla Jenkins leads.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

Where were Whyalla's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

Country of birth

16.3% born overseas, across 63 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,382-9.6%
  2. 02
    Scotland
    453-9.4%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    347+20.5%
  4. 04
    India
    188+135%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    139-18.7%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    124+5.1%
  7. 07
    Germany
    105-25.0%
  8. 08
    Netherlands
    81-14.7%
  9. 09
    Italy
    54+54.3%
  10. 10
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    41+141%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    11,331+32.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    7,543-29.2%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    165+23.1%
  4. 04
    Islam
    101+53.0%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    84-31.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    8

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.

5.2% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 1,376 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 11.8%; among respondents alone it's 5.6%.

National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.

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