Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Prospect

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.

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📍 Mount Prospect, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

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.

  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 9.8%

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 Mount Prospect, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/language