41.2% —
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mawson Lakes - Globe Derby Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mawson Lakes - Globe Derby Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a daily part of life in Mawson Lakes - Globe Derby Park, where 41.2% of people speak a language other than English at home. This figure is far above the national average and has risen since 2016, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most other regions in Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 55.6% of residents speak only English, many others use Vietnamese (4.8%), Mandarin (4.7%), Punjabi (4.0%) or Hindi (2.1%) at home. A little above the state and national figures, 5.0% of people here speak little or no English, though this proportion has fallen slightly since 2016.
5.0% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Mawson Lakes - Globe Derby Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041171/mawson-lakes-globe-derby-park/topic/language