6.8% ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Gambier · Council (LGA)
Language in Mount Gambier
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 6.8% of people in Mount Gambier speak a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average. While this represents a small portion of the population, the number of people using other languages has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.6% of residents. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the South Australian and national figures.
1.4% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44620/mount-gambier/topic/language