17.7% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Myrtle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Language in Myrtle Bank
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Myrtle Bank now speak a language other than English than in previous years. While 17.7% of residents use another language at home, this figure is well below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 80% of people speak only English, though Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.9%. A higher proportion of residents speak little or no English compared to most similar areas, though this 2.2% is still a little below the national figure.
2.2% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Myrtle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40999/myrtle-bank/topic/language