14.2% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Ousley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mount Ousley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Most people in Mount Ousley communicate in English, though the area has a higher variety of home languages than most similar places. While English is the main language for 83.7% of residents, about 14.2% use another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 14.2% of residents use a language other than English at home—much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 1.5% speak little or no English, with Mandarin, Arabic, Greek, and Italian being the most common non-English languages spoken.
1.5% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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 Mount Ousley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12793/mount-ousley/topic/language