6.8% —
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Gambier - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mount Gambier - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Mount Gambier - West, where only 6.8% of people use another language at home. This figure is far below the national average and has barely changed over the last five years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.0% of residents, while others include Italian, Mandarin, Punjabi and Arabic. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for South Australia and Australia.
1.6% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407021174/mount-gambier-west/topic/language