Mountain Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Mountain Creek

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 8% of people in Mountain Creek use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. While this makes the area less linguistically diverse than most, the proportion of people speaking other languages has risen since 2011.

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📍 Mountain Creek, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 88.2% of residents. Very few people—just 0.6%—speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below the Queensland and Australian averages.

8.0% ▲ +101.8%

Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 8.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.6% ▼ -3.2%

Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Mountain Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316011415/mountain-creek/topic/language