Gawler River · Suburb / Locality

Language in Gawler River

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

English is the dominant language in Gawler River, where 81.7% of residents speak only this language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country, with no one reporting that they speak little or no English.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

No one in Gawler River uses another language at home, which is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8%. Outside of English, Italian is the most common language spoken, used by 3.8% of the population.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Gawler River, English only is the majority at 96%; Italian is next at 4%.

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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40478/gawler-river/topic/language