Karen
394 speakers
Its speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Mount Gambier's multilingual community
Most of Mount Gambier speaks English at home, but 5.7 per cent of residents don't, the 2021 Census shows, and Karen leads among them. The one-in-100 mark is passed by only one language. Across South Australia, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 27,299
- Speak another language
- 1,562
- Languages at home
- 55
- Change since 2016
- +19.7%
Which languages other than English are spoken most in Mount Gambier?
After English, Karen comes first.
What are Mount Gambier's five largest language communities?
Change since 2016 has been gradual.
The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.
How big is Mount Gambier's multilingual community next to Australia as a whole?
Mount Gambier's share is less than half the national share. In South Australia, 25 councils rank higher.
- Mount Gambier
- 5.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Where in Mount Gambier is a language other than English most common?
Across only 3 suburbs, the shares are fairly even, with Mount Gambier highest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Mount GambierLed by Karen6%1,493
- WorrolongLed by Karen4%53
- SuttontownLed by German3%16
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 3 suburbs in all.
Where were Mount Gambier's residents born?
The largest group born overseas comes from England.
Country of birth
9.9% born overseas, across 68 countries.
- 01England656-9.1%
- 02New Zealand222-6.3%
- 03Myanmar211+13.4%
- 04Thailand173+49.1%
- 05Philippines153+73.9%
- 06India146+103%
- 07Netherlands146-14.1%
- 08Italy118-18.1%
- 09South Africa116+45.0%
- 10Scotland104+42.5%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs14,454+34.4%
- 02Christianity10,561-22.3%
- 03Buddhism143-4.0%
- 04Hinduism119+133%
- 05Islam113+105%
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
A note on method: 1,540 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 5.7% sits below the 11.4% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 6.1% measured across respondents only.
Figures for Mount Gambier itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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