8.1% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murray Bridge · Council (LGA)
Language in Murray Bridge
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Murray Bridge than in most similar areas. While 8.1% of the population use another language at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only a very small number of residents struggle with English, and that figure has fallen recently.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.8% of residents, while Tagalog and Mandarin are the most common other tongues at 1.1% each. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the South Australian average and down from 3.0% in 2016.
1.5% ▼ -49.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Murray Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45040/murray-bridge/topic/language