5.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moorook · Suburb / Locality
Language in Moorook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Moorook, where only 5.8% of people use another tongue at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is far below the national figure. This creates a linguistic landscape that is much less diverse than the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, making up 86.5% of the population. About 1.8% speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is about the same as the South Australian figure.
1.8% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Moorook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40919/moorook/topic/language