Mount Murchison · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Murchison

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

Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Mount Murchison is a place where English is the dominant language. Only 3.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Mount Murchison, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 81.3% of people, while Italian is the most common other language at 3.9%. No one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

3.9% ▲ +195.6%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 3.9%

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 Murchison, English only is the majority at 95%; Italian is next at 5%.

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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32006/mount-murchison/topic/language