30.0% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mitchell Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mitchell Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in three people in Mitchell Park use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This variety is reflected in the 30% of residents who speak a second language, a figure well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 65% of residents, though Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.2%. This high level of diversity is mirrored by the 4.3% of people who speak little or no English, which is a little above the South Australian figure.
4.3% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mitchell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40893/mitchell-park/topic/language