We are Murray Bridge

7 per cent.

7 in every 100 Murray Bridge residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,591 people, in 62 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
21,370
Speak another language
1,591
Languages at home
62
Growth since last census
−17.4%

Most of us speak English at home. 1,591 of us do not, across 62 languages, most often Mandarin, Tagalog and Filipino. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In South Australia

#26

of 70 South Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #198 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

242 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 242 of our residents at home, 1.1% of Murray Bridge.

Tagalog

215 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 215 of our residents at home, 1.0% of Murray Bridge.

Filipino

153 speakers

Filipino is spoken by 153 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Murray Bridge.

The languages of Murray Bridge

62 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 Murray Bridge, covering 1,253 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
    Mandarin
    242-47.2%
  2. 02
    Tagalog
    215+21.5%
  3. 03
    Filipino
    153+36.6%
  4. 04
    Italian
    113-23.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    109-25.3%
  6. 06
    Ngarrindjeri
    78+5.4%
  7. 07
    Turkish
    54-8.5%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    51-35.4%
  9. 09
    Dinka
    37-44.8%
  10. 10
    Bengali
    33-8.3%

Fastest-growing among us

Tagalog

+21.5% 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. 1,591 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.

Tagalog grew 21.5% since the last census, to 215 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

11.4% of us were born overseas, across 61 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    584+6.4%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    461+22.3%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    184-38.9%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    180-20.7%
  5. 05
    Vietnam
    119-12.5%
  6. 06
    India
    98-14.8%
  7. 07
    Italy
    94-18.3%
  8. 08
    Germany
    77-1.3%
  9. 09
    Scotland
    53+6.0%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    51+59.4%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    10,332+38.3%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    8,442-18.8%
  3. 03
    Islam
    167-11.6%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    158-31.3%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    45-32.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    13

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 14 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Murray Bridge 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

Murray Bridge
7.4%
South Australia
16.9%
Australia
21.3%

7.4% of Murray Bridge 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. 7.4% is 1,591 residents as a share of all 21,370 of us. A further 1,748 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 15.6%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 8.1%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Murray Bridge, 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 Murray Bridge 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 Murray Bridge.