10.3% ▲ +108.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mittagong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mittagong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the sole language spoken at home for 84.5% of people in Mittagong. While most residents speak English, about 10.3% of the community uses another language, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10.3% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the small numbers of people speaking Punjabi, Italian, Mandarin, and Tagalog, while only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English.
0.9% ▲ +62.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12664/mittagong/topic/language