26.6% ▲ +57.3%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Johns · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mount Johns
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people in Mount Johns use a language other than English at home compared to the national average. About 26.6% of residents speak another language, a figure that has climbed significantly over the last decade. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than most Australian suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 65.5% of people speak only English, 26.6% use another language at home, which is well above the Australian figure. This diversity is seen in the use of Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog and Hindi, though only 2.4% of residents speak little or no English.
2.4% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Johns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011049/mount-johns/topic/language