We are Gawler

4 per cent.

4 in every 100 Gawler residents speak a language other than English at home. 912 people, in 61 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
24,732
Speak another language
912
Languages at home
61
Growth since last census
+10.3%

Most of us speak English at home. 912 of us do not, across 61 languages, most often Italian, Filipino and Greek. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In South Australia

#37

of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #312 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Italian

149 speakers

Italian is spoken by 149 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Gawler.

Filipino

59 speakers

Filipino is spoken by 59 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Gawler.

Greek

58 speakers

Greek is spoken by 58 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Gawler.

The languages of Gawler

61 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Gawler, covering 674 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    Italian
    149-13.9%
  2. 02
    Filipino
    59+392%
  3. 03
    Greek
    58-6.5%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    48+9.1%
  5. 05
    Tagalog
    44+7.3%
  6. 06
    Mandarin
    42+10.5%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    41+51.9%
  8. 08
    Arabic
    40+2.6%
  9. 09
    German
    32-20.0%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans
    27-20.6%

Why we publish this

3.7% of us

We share this portrait because a council below the South Australia average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 912 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

15.4% of us were born overseas, across 63 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    2,249-3.6%
  2. 02
    Scotland
    203-1.0%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    158-0.6%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    135+36.4%
  5. 05
    Germany
    108-16.9%
  6. 06
    Italy
    1070%
  7. 07
    Netherlands
    85+32.8%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    57-1.7%
  9. 09
    Northern Ireland
    52+26.8%
  10. 10
    Wales
    48+26.3%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Gawler at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    13,126+50.0%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    9,922-16.0%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    147-20.5%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    46+24.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    36+12.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 12 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Gawler shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Gawler
3.7%
South Australia
16.9%
Australia
21.3%

3.7% of Gawler residents speak a language other than English at home, against 16.9% for South Australia and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

How the headline share is counted. 3.7% is 912 residents as a share of all 24,732 of us. A further 953 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 7.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 3.8%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Gawler, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Gawler figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Gawler.