5.1% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Barker · Council (LGA)
Language in Mount Barker
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.9% of people in Mount Barker, making it far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average. While more people have started using other languages at home since 2011, the area remains very traditional in its speech. Only a tiny fraction of the population struggles with English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 5.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This means very few people face language barriers, with only 0.4% speaking little or no English.
0.4% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44550/mount-barker/topic/language