4.0% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gawler · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4% of people in Gawler speak a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure, making it a place where English is the overwhelming primary language for nearly all residents.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 92.2% of the population, and the proportion of people using another language has barely changed since 2011. Very few residents speak little or no English (0.3%), which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
4.0% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412001/gawler/topic/language