SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Mount Gambier

26,454 residents · 52+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.5%
3,039 people
Growth since last census
+58.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.56× South Australia avg
0.42× national avg
Population
26,454
CALD residents
3,039
Languages spoken
52
Fastest-growing
+833%
Narrative

Why this matters

Mount Gambier is home to 26,454 residents. 11.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,039 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Mount Gambier into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Karen394 · 1.5%
    ▲26.3%
  2. 02
    Italian170 · 0.6%
    ▼14.1%
  3. 03
    Swahili90 · 0.3%
    ▼33.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin76 · 0.3%
    ▲55.1%
  5. 05
    Punjabi61 · 0.2%
    ▲144.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans57 · 0.2%
    ▲83.9%
  1. 01
    Urdu49 · 0.2%
    ▲188.2%
  2. 02
    Filipino37 · 0.1%
    ▲37.0%
  3. 03
    Kurdish36 · 0.1%
    ▲300.0%
  4. 04
    French34 · 0.1%
    ▲41.7%
  5. 05
    Spanish30 · 0.1%
    ▲233.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog29 · 0.1%
    ▼32.6%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.5%
Karen
394 · +26.3%
Italian
170 · -14.1%
Swahili
90 · -33.3%
Mandarin
76 · +55.1%
Punjabi
61 · +144.0%
Afrikaans
57 · +83.9%
Urdu
49 · +188.2%
Filipino
37 · +37.0%
Kurdish
36 · +300.0%
French
34 · +41.7%
Spanish
30
Tagalog
29
Arabic
29
Portuguese
28
Greek
27
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Karen394 · 1.5%
    ▲26.3%
  2. 02
    Italian170 · 0.6%
    ▼14.1%
  3. 03
    Swahili90 · 0.3%
    ▼33.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin76 · 0.3%
    ▲55.1%
  5. 05
    Punjabi61 · 0.2%
    ▲144.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans57 · 0.2%
    ▲83.9%
  7. 07
    Urdu49 · 0.2%
    ▲188.2%
  8. 08
    Filipino37 · 0.1%
    ▲37.0%
  9. 09
    Kurdish36 · 0.1%
    ▲300.0%
  10. 10
    French34 · 0.1%
    ▲41.7%
  11. 11
    Spanish30 · 0.1%
    ▲233.3%
  12. 12
    Tagalog29 · 0.1%
    ▼32.6%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Portuguese
+833.3%
28 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Kurdish
+300.0%
36 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Spanish
+233.3%
30 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Mount Gambier
25,453 RESIDENTS
11.6% CALDTop: Karen
Worrolong
1,288 RESIDENTS
10.6% CALDTop: Karen
Suttontown
558 RESIDENTS
3.8% CALDTop: German
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Mount Gambier.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.