5.7% ▲ +69.7%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sheldon - Mount Cotton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Sheldon - Mount Cotton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Sheldon - Mount Cotton compared to most similar areas. English is the primary tongue for the vast majority of residents, though the use of other languages has risen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 92.4% of people at home, leaving just 5.7% who use another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This high level of English use is consistent with the fact that only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +74.7%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Sheldon - Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301021011/sheldon-mount-cotton/topic/language