22.8% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Midland · Suburb / Locality
Language in Midland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 23% of people in Midland use a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This makes the community's linguistic profile more diverse than the state average, though it remains about the same as the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66% of residents speak only English, Tagalog is the most common other language at 2.2%. About 2.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.9% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Midland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50947/midland/topic/language