4.6% ▲ +87.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gawler
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle of similar areas for language diversity, Gawler is a place where the vast majority of people speak only English. Just 4.6% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.4% of residents, with Italian being the most common other language at 1.3%. While 0.6% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40474/gawler/topic/language