29.5% ▲ +103.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Midvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Midvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of people in Midvale use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse of its kind, with a high number of residents speaking a variety of different languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 62.3% of residents, while Tagalog is the most common second language at 8.1%. Around 2.7% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most other areas.
2.7% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Midvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50948/midvale/topic/language