Mangalore · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mangalore

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

About 4.4% of people in Mangalore use a language other than English at home, a rate that is around the middle for similar areas. This is far below the Victorian average, with the vast majority of the community speaking only English.

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📍 Mangalore, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 81.4% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.2%. No one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

4.4% ▲ —

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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 Mangalore, English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 3%.

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 Mangalore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21592/mangalore/topic/language