11.0% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
McPherson · Federal Electorate
Language in McPherson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people have started using languages other than English in McPherson, with that figure rising by 2.3 percentage points since 2011. While 11% of residents now speak another language at home, this remains far below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.8% of the area. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
1.2% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in McPherson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED322/mcpherson/topic/language