1.7% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Meringandan West · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people use a language other than English in Meringandan West than in most similar areas. Only 1.7% of residents speak a different language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 96.3% of the population. Only 0.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average.
1.7% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.1% ▼ -70.4%
Higher than 60% 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 Meringandan West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31809/meringandan-west/topic/language