6.8% ▲ +141.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Gambier · Urban Centre
Language in Mount Gambier
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Mount Gambier compared to the rest of the country. While 6.8% of the population speaks another language, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is becoming more linguistically diverse, however, as this proportion rose by 4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.6% of residents. Those who speak a language other than English make up a much higher share of the population than in most similar areas, though only 1.4% speak little or no English.
1.4% ▲ +130.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
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 Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412003/mount-gambier/topic/language