Mount Light · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Light

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

English remains the primary language for almost everyone in Mount Light, where only 3.2% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area's linguistic makeup has stayed very stable over the last decade.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 96.8% of residents speak only English. While 3.2% use another language at home—a figure around the middle for similar areas—this is still far below the 17.8% seen across South Australia. Notably, no one here speaks little or no English.

3.2% —

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.2%

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 Light, 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 Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40953/mount-light/topic/language