15.3% ▲ +71.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mooroolbark · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mooroolbark
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the primary way people communicate in Mooroolbark, though a growing number of households now use other languages. While 15.3% of residents speak a language other than English at home, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81.6% of residents, and the 15.3% who use another language at home is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.0%, while only 3.2% of people speak little or no English.
3.2% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Mooroolbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21755/mooroolbark/topic/language