6.4% ▲ +53.3%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Barker · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mount Barker
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people are using a language other than English in Mount Barker, with the figure rising by 2.2 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than most other regions. Only 6.4% of residents speak a different language at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 90.2% of the population. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below both the state and national figures.
0.5% ▲ +90.0%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401021007/mount-barker/topic/language