Mount Frome · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Frome

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Mount Frome, where almost 89% of residents use it as their only language. While more people here use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, the overall figure is far below the national average.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 5.8% of people use another language at home, with Mandarin being the most common non-English language at 3.3%. This is a small proportion of the population, which helps explain why no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

5.8%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 5.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Mount Frome, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 4%.

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 Frome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12771/mount-frome/topic/language