Murray Bridge · Suburb / Locality

Language in Murray Bridge

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

English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in Murray Bridge, where 80.7% only speak this language at home. While it is much more linguistically diverse than most similar areas, it remains far less diverse than the national average.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 10.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 2.0% of people speak little or no English, a result that is about the same as the South Australian average.

10.2% ▲ +14.3%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 10.2%

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

2.0% ▼ -51.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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.

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 Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40987/murray-bridge/topic/language