11.3% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mornington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mornington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 70% of people in Mornington speak only English at home, making it a linguistically uniform area. While a small number of residents use other languages, the overall variety is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.3% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas despite being far below the Australian average. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
0.4% ▼ -65.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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).
More for Mornington
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mornington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31923/mornington/topic/language