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Mount Barker Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Mount Barker Surrounds

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

Only 2.4% of people in Mount Barker Surrounds use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and marks the area as one of the least linguistically diverse in its class. The vast majority of residents speak only English, a pattern that has remained steady for over a decade.

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📍 Mount Barker Surrounds, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the sole language for 92.6% of the population, while just 0.2% of residents speak little or no English. These figures are well below the Australian average and have barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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2.4% ▼ -18.6%

Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▲ +38.1%

Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Mount Barker Surrounds, English only is the majority at 100%; Greek is next at 0%.

English only 92.6% Greek 0.2% Italian 0.2% Mandarin 0.1%

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 Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401021008/mount-barker-surrounds/topic/language