8.4% ▲ +52.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mossman · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mossman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.9% of residents in Mossman. While more people here use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, this figure is still far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.4% of people use another language at home, though this is well below the Queensland figure. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, a result that is a little below the national average.
0.5% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Mossman
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mossman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31929/mossman/topic/language