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Murray Bridge, South Australia

The languages of Murray Bridge beyond English

The 2021 Census found about 1,600 people in Murray Bridge speaking a language other than English at home, with Mandarin and Tagalog the largest groups. Tagalog is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. In the City of Adelaide, a language other than English is at least twice as common.

Residents
21,370
Speak another language
1,591
Languages at home
62
Change since 2016
−17.4%

What are the three biggest languages after English in Murray Bridge?

Mandarin, Tagalog and Filipino have the most speakers.

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Mandarin

242 speakers

It has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.

Tagalog

215 speakers

Used at home by one in 100 residents.

Filipino

153 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Which five languages lead in Murray Bridge, and how have they changed?

Mandarin has led the list since at least 2016.

Five rows to start: the languages with the most speakers, and how each has changed since 2016.

  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%

Where does Murray Bridge sit against Australia as a whole?

Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among 70 councils in South Australia, Murray Bridge is 23rd.

Murray Bridge
7.4%
Australia
21.3%
City of Adelaide
34.4%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.

Every council ranked, Murray Bridge included.

Where in Murray Bridge is a language other than English most common?

The share barely changes across 14 suburbs; Murray Bridge is highest.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

What do birthplace and religion add in Murray Bridge?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

Country of birth

11.4% 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%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, 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

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.

The headline 7.4% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 1,748 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 15.6%, while measuring only those who answered gives 8.1%.

Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.

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