Gawler · Urban Centre

Language in Gawler

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

English is the dominant tongue in Gawler (L) (Tas.), where 96% of people speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, though a small number of people now use other languages.

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📍 Gawler, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This rate rose slightly since 2011, yet no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

3.6% ▲ +77.7%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 3.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622011/gawler/topic/language