13.3% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moresby · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 80% of people in Moresby speak only English at home. This is the most common language in the area, though a small number of residents use other languages to communicate.
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.3% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Punjabi and Italian are the most common non-English languages, each spoken by 2.7% of residents.
13.3% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 81% 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 Moresby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31915/moresby/topic/language