Gawler East · Suburb / Locality

Language in Gawler East

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

About the same as most similar areas, Gawler East is a place where very few people use a language other than English. Only 3.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.

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📍 Gawler East, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 93.2% of the population. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.4%, a figure that is well below the national average.

3.8% ▲ +30.5%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▼ -1.2%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Gawler East, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40476/gawler-east/topic/language