12.6% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Morningside · Suburb / Locality
Language in Morningside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Morningside now speak a language other than English at home. While the area is much more diverse than most similar places, about 12.6% of residents use another language, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.3% of residents, though Mandarin and Hindi are the most common other languages spoken. Very few people here struggle with English, with only 0.9% speaking little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
0.9% ▼ -51.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
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 Morningside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31922/morningside/topic/language