14.3% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Main Lead · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 14% of people in Main Lead use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 90.5% of residents. Despite more people using other languages than in similar areas, no one in the community reported speaking little or no English.
14.3% —
Higher than 82% 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 Main Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21577/main-lead/topic/language