Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Pleasant

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

English is the primary language for 87% of residents in Mount Pleasant. While a small number of people speak other languages at home, this is still higher than in most similar areas.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 7.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average but higher than most similar areas.

7.3% ▲ +32.9%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.5% ▲ +36.1%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Mount Pleasant, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

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 Mount Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21807/mount-pleasant/topic/language