3.1% ▲ +57.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Merricks North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Merricks North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Merricks North is a place where English is the dominant language. Only 3.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 91.5% of residents, while Italian is the most common other language at 1.4%. Notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a figure well below the 3.4% national average.
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.
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 Merricks North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21664/merricks-north/topic/language