5.6% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murtho · Suburb / Locality
Language in Murtho
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people in Murtho speak a language other than English at home compared to the state and national figures. While 91.3% of residents speak only English, those who do use another language make up 5.6% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
This figure is higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the South Australian average of 17.8%. Around 3.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure of 3.4%.
3.1% ▲ —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Murtho [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40992/murtho/topic/language