16.7% ▲ +158.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mountain Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Mountain Lagoon, though the share of people using another language at home has risen since 2011. About 16.7% of residents now speak a language other than English, making this figure much higher than in most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
While 84.6% of people speak only English, the 16.7% who use another language is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.
16.7% ▲ +158.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mountain Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12817/mountain-lagoon/topic/language