Mandarin
1,675 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 1,675 of our residents at home, 2.6% of Mitcham.
We are Mitcham
14 per cent.
About 14 in every 100 Mitcham residents speak a language other than English at home, across 100 languages.
- Our population
- 65,120
- Speak another language
- 9,276
- Languages at home
- 100
- Growth since last census
- +7.1%
9,276 of us — 14.2% — speak a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin, Greek and Italian. A share this size is easy to design around by accident, which is precisely how it gets designed out.
In South Australia
#17
of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #135 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Greek
1,301 speakers
Greek is spoken by 1,301 of our residents at home, 2.0% of Mitcham.
Italian
421 speakers
Italian is spoken by 421 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Mitcham.
The languages of Mitcham
100 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
Hindi
+30.0% since last census
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. 9,276 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.
Hindi grew 30.0% since the last census, to 260 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
20.9% of us were born overseas, across 115 countries.
- 01England3,627-1.1%
- 02China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,307+3.2%
- 03India1,014+62.2%
- 04New Zealand573+10.8%
- 05Greece422-16.4%
- 06South Africa419+24.3%
- 07Scotland396+5.3%
- 08Germany394-3.2%
- 09Malaysia390+13.4%
- 10Nepal370+174%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Mitcham at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs32,854+31.3%
- 02Christianity27,069-12.2%
- 03Hinduism1,027+66.2%
- 04Buddhism865+1.6%
- 05Islam781-6.7%
- 06Judaism51+24.4%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 27 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Bedford ParkTop language — Mandarin38%683
- St Marys (SA)Top language — Nepali33%972
- PasadenaTop language — Greek25%754
- UrrbraeTop language — Mandarin22%232
- Melrose Park (SA)Top language — Greek19%441
- Springfield (SA)Top language — Mandarin19%108
- PanoramaTop language — Greek19%442
- Daw ParkTop language — Greek18%488
- Cumberland ParkTop language — Greek18%456
- Clarence GardensTop language — Mandarin16%387
- Netherby (SA)Top language — Mandarin16%232
- Westbourne ParkTop language — Greek15%392
- Bellevue HeightsTop language — Mandarin15%401
- Hawthorn (SA)Top language — Greek14%310
- Craigburn FarmTop language — Mandarin13%392
- Mitcham (SA)Top language — Mandarin12%224
- Kingswood (SA)Top language — Mandarin12%305
- Torrens ParkTop language — Mandarin11%286
- ClaphamTop language — Mandarin10%173
- Eden HillsTop language — Mandarin10%299
- Lower MitchamTop language — Mandarin10%206
- LyntonTop language — Greek9%21
- Colonel Light GardensTop language — Greek8%252
- Blackwood (SA)Top language — German7%281
- BelairTop language — Mandarin6%274
- HawthorndeneTop language — Mandarin5%186
- GlenaltaTop language — German4%79
- 27 suburbs in Mitcham. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Mitcham 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
- Mitcham
- 14.2%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
14.2% of Mitcham 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. 14.2% is 9,276 residents as a share of all 65,120 of us. A further 1,560 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 16.6%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 14.6%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Mitcham, 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 Mitcham 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 Mitcham.