Mount Kelly · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Kelly

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A massive 17 percentage point gap separates Mount Kelly from the national average for language diversity. While 5.2% of people here use a language other than English at home, this is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Mount Kelly, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most residents speak only English, making up 90.4% of the population, while Italian is the most common other language at 3.1%. No one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

5.2% ▼ -0.1%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 5.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Mount Kelly, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 3%.

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 Mount Kelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31978/mount-kelly/topic/language