3.2% —
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mid-Coast · Council (LGA)
Language in Mid-Coast
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Mid-Coast compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language for 89.9% of the population, and the proportion of people using other languages has barely changed since 2016. Only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
0.3% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Mid-Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15240/mid-coast/topic/language