SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · South Australia

Murray Bridge

21,571 residents · 56+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
15.6%
3,356 people
Growth since last census
+17.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.72× South Australia avg
0.58× national avg
Population
21,571
CALD residents
3,356
Languages spoken
56
Fastest-growing
+650%
Narrative

Why this matters

Murray Bridge is home to 21,571 residents. 15.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,356 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Murray Bridge 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
    Mandarin242 · 1.1%
    47.2%
  2. 02
    Tagalog215 · 1.0%
    21.5%
  3. 03
    Filipino153 · 0.7%
    36.6%
  4. 04
    Italian113 · 0.5%
    23.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese109 · 0.5%
    25.3%
  6. 06
    Ngarrindjeri78 · 0.4%
    5.4%
  1. 01
    Turkish54 · 0.3%
    8.5%
  2. 02
    Punjabi51 · 0.2%
    35.4%
  3. 03
    Dinka37 · 0.2%
    44.8%
  4. 04
    Bengali33 · 0.2%
    8.3%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans30 · 0.1%
    650.0%
  6. 06
    Arabic29 · 0.1%
    23.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 84%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 84.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 15.6%
Mandarin
242 · -47.2%
Tagalog
215 · +21.5%
Filipino
153 · +36.6%
Italian
113 · -23.1%
Vietnamese
109 · -25.3%
Ngarrindjeri
78 · +5.4%
Turkish
54 · -8.5%
Punjabi
51 · -35.4%
Dinka
37 · -44.8%
Bengali
33 · -8.3%
Afrikaans
30
Arabic
29
Sinhalese
23
German
21
Fijian
17
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin242 · 1.1%
    47.2%
  2. 02
    Tagalog215 · 1.0%
    21.5%
  3. 03
    Filipino153 · 0.7%
    36.6%
  4. 04
    Italian113 · 0.5%
    23.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese109 · 0.5%
    25.3%
  6. 06
    Ngarrindjeri78 · 0.4%
    5.4%
  7. 07
    Turkish54 · 0.3%
    8.5%
  8. 08
    Punjabi51 · 0.2%
    35.4%
  9. 09
    Dinka37 · 0.2%
    44.8%
  10. 10
    Bengali33 · 0.2%
    8.3%
  11. 11
    Afrikaans30 · 0.1%
    650.0%
  12. 12
    Arabic29 · 0.1%
    23.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Afrikaans
+650.0%
30 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Fijian
+88.9%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Sinhalese
+53.3%
23 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Murray Bridge.

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