German
14 speakers
German is spoken by 14 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Mid Murray.
We are Mid Murray
1 per cent.
1 in every 100 Mid Murray residents speak a language other than English at home. 91 people, in 28 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 9,394
- Speak another language
- 91
- Languages at home
- 28
- Growth since last census
- −43.5%
Most of us speak English at home. 91 of us do not, across 28 languages, most often German, French and Thai. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In South Australia
#63
of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #513 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
French
8 speakers
French is spoken by 8 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Mid Murray.
Thai
8 speakers
Thai is spoken by 8 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Mid Murray.
The languages of Mid Murray
28 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.
Why we publish this
1.0% 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. 91 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
9.3% of us were born overseas, across 33 countries.
- 01England481+12.9%
- 02New Zealand95+157%
- 03Scotland62+55.0%
- 04Germany50-24.2%
- 05Netherlands32-39.6%
- 06Philippines22-15.4%
- 07Wales18+200%
- 08United States of America9+200%
- 09India9+12.5%
- 10Northern Ireland9
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Mid Murray at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs4,327+39.1%
- 02Christianity3,850-16.2%
- 03Buddhism58+11.5%
- 04Islam9-50.0%
- 05Hinduism6-64.7%
- 06Judaism50%
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.
- MurbkoTop language — Khmer4%6
- MorganTop language — Gujarati3%9
- Black Hill (SA)Top language — Hungarian3%3
- Walker FlatTop language — German3%4
- TruroTop language — Japanese3%10
- Port MannumTop language — Tagalog2%5
- TungkilloTop language — French2%14
- TaylorvilleTop language — Filipino2%5
- DuttonTop language — Thai2%5
- CalooteTop language — Thai1%3
- Swan Reach (SA)Top language — Punjabi1%3
- CadellTop language — French1%3
- MannumTop language — Dutch1%18
- BlanchetownTop language — German1%3
- Sedan0%0
- Cambrai0%0
- Nildottie0%0
- Younghusband0%0
- Cowirra0%0
- Bowhill0%0
- Brenda Park0%0
- Caurnamont0%0
- Punyelroo0%0
- 23 suburbs in Mid Murray. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Mid Murray 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
- Mid Murray
- 1.0%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
1.0% of Mid Murray 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. 1.0% is 91 residents as a share of all 9,394 of us. A further 987 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 11.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 1.1%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Mid Murray, 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 Mid Murray 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 Mid Murray.