Mandarin
2,972 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 2,972 of our residents at home, 3.2% of Marion.
We are Marion
20 per cent.
Nearly 20 in every 100 Marion residents speak a language other than English at home. It is among the highest shares of any council in South Australia.
- Our population
- 92,832
- Speak another language
- 18,712
- Languages at home
- 119
- Growth since last census
- +21.6%
One in 5 of us speaks a language other than English at home: 19k people, most often Mandarin, Nepali and Greek. That is not a fringe of the community. It is a standing share of every audience anyone here is trying to reach.
In South Australia
#13
of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #100 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Nepali
1,754 speakers
Nepali is spoken by 1,754 of our residents at home, 1.9% of Marion.
Greek
1,114 speakers
Greek is spoken by 1,114 of our residents at home, 1.2% of Marion.
The languages of Marion
119 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
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.
Fastest-growing among us
Nepali
+262.4% since last census
We share this portrait because Marion is, genuinely, not an “average” council. Services designed for the median South Australia resident arrive here in the wrong language. This almanac exists so that nobody writing policy about us — federal, state, corporate or media — can say they did not know.
Nepali grew 262.4% since the last census, to 1,754 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
27.2% of us were born overseas, across 138 countries.
- 01England5,640-2.3%
- 02India2,856+51.3%
- 03China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)2,365+5.6%
- 04Nepal1,624+320%
- 05Philippines1,052+29.6%
- 06South Africa807+34.3%
- 07Scotland760-5.8%
- 08New Zealand6650%
- 09Malaysia580+31.5%
- 10Germany443-10.1%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Marion at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs44,205+33.9%
- 02Christianity36,363-12.1%
- 03Hinduism3,775+104%
- 04Islam2,203+7.6%
- 05Buddhism1,559+6.8%
- 06Judaism26-10.3%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 23 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Clovelly ParkTop language — Nepali35%1,070
- Ascot ParkTop language — Nepali33%1,169
- Park HolmeTop language — Mandarin30%1,014
- South PlymptonTop language — Mandarin29%1,372
- Mitchell Park (SA)Top language — Mandarin29%1,612
- Seacombe GardensTop language — Mandarin28%942
- Sturt (SA)Top language — Mandarin28%772
- EdwardstownTop language — Mandarin28%1,232
- TonsleyTop language — Nepali28%198
- Plympton ParkTop language — Mandarin25%959
- Oaklands ParkTop language — Mandarin25%968
- GlandoreTop language — Mandarin23%696
- MarionTop language — Mandarin22%885
- Dover GardensTop language — Mandarin19%567
- Seacombe HeightsTop language — Greek18%284
- MorphettvilleTop language — Punjabi18%629
- WarradaleTop language — Mandarin15%849
- Hallett CoveTop language — Mandarin12%1,504
- Sheidow ParkTop language — Polish12%786
- Seaview DownsTop language — Greek11%300
- Trott ParkTop language — Mandarin10%300
- MarinoTop language — Italian9%192
- GlengowrieTop language — Greek7%412
- 23 suburbs in Marion. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Marion 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
- Marion
- 20.2%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
20.2% of Marion 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. 20.2% is 18,712 residents as a share of all 92,832 of us. A further 2,969 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 23.4%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 20.8%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Marion, 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 Marion 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 Marion.