15.3% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mitcham · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Mitcham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 82.2% of people in Mitcham. While more residents have started speaking other languages at home since 2011, the area remains less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the breakdown, where Mandarin (2.6%) and Greek (1.9%) are the most common non-English languages; meanwhile, only 1.5% of people speak little or no English.
1.5% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40303/mitcham/topic/language