15.1% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mitcham · Council (LGA)
Language in Mitcham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Mitcham use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 15.1% of residents speak another language, this figure remains well below the national average of 22.3%. Overall, the area is predominantly English-speaking but has seen a slight increase in linguistic diversity over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.5% of residents, though 15.1% use another language at home, with Mandarin (2.5%) and Greek (1.9%) being the most common. Very few people—just 1.5%—speak little or no English, a figure that is slightly lower than the state average.
1.5% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44340/mitcham/topic/language