5.6% ▲ +54.6%
Lower than 83% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murray · Region (SA4)
Language in Murray
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in Murray. Only 5.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86.9% of the population, and the number of people using other languages rose slightly to 5.6% since 2011. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.9% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average.
0.9% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 68% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/109/murray/topic/language