9.8% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Mount Prospect, where only 9.8% of people use another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it stays far below the state and national figures.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 80.5% of residents. Despite 9.8% of people using another language at home, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
9.8% —
Higher than 75% 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 Mount Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/language