5.8% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Gambier - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mount Gambier - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very little has changed in the way people speak at home in Mount Gambier - East over the last few years. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of residents, with only 5.8% using another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure slightly below the South Australian average.
1.0% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407021173/mount-gambier-east/topic/language