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Mount Fairy · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Fairy

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

English remains the dominant language in Mount Fairy, where only 1.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and shows a community that is much less linguistically diverse than most other areas.

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📍 Mount Fairy, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While very few people speak other languages, 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Most people use English only, though Cantonese is spoken by 1.2% of the population.

People using another language at home

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1.2% ▼ -68.0%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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1.6% ▲ —

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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 Fairy, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese is next at 1%.

English only 96.3% Cantonese 1.2%

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 Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12769/mount-fairy/topic/language