McLaren Flat · Suburb / Locality

Language in McLaren Flat

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

English is the dominant language for daily life in McLaren Flat, where only 3.3% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 McLaren Flat, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks only English, at 91.9%. While a tiny number of residents speak Italian, Mandarin or Greek, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

3.3% ▲ +85.5%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 3.3%

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 McLaren Flat, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 McLaren Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40851/mclaren-flat/topic/language