Mount Perry · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Perry

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

A far lower share of people in Mount Perry use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. Only 2.1% of residents speak a different language, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than most other parts of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 86.2% of the population. This helps explain why 0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average of 3.4%.

2.1% ▲ +145.9%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Perry, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Perry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32012/mount-perry/topic/language