Bragg · State Electorate

Language in Bragg

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

Nearly 27% of people in Bragg speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the South Australian average. This reflects a significant shift in the area, as the proportion of people using another language has jumped 18 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Bragg, State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While English is the main language for 70.9% of residents, Mandarin is the most common second language at 8.4%. About 2.8% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the national average.

27.0% ▲ +203.8%

Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 10.2%
  • 2021: 27.0%

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

2.8% ▲ +143.3%

Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.

  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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 Bragg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40004/bragg/topic/language