16.5% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mosman · Council (LGA)
Language in Mosman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for daily life in Mosman, where 80% of people speak it exclusively at home. While the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar places, it remains well below the national figure for non-English speaking households.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 3.8 points since 2011. Most of these residents speak English well, as only 1.5% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.5% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Mosman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15350/mosman/topic/language