Mount Barker Summit · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Barker Summit

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

English remains the dominant tongue in Mount Barker Summit, where very few residents have shifted to using other languages since 2011. Only 3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

With English spoken by 97% of the population, the 3% who use another language are mostly Greek speakers. No one in the area reported speaking little or no English, a figure well below the 3.4% national average.

3.0% —

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 3.0%

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 Barker Summit, English only is the majority at 97%; Greek is next at 3%.

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 Barker Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40935/mount-barker-summit/topic/language