17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mitchell Plateau · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mitchell Plateau
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little over 17% of people in Mitchell Plateau use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure. The area is sparsely populated, with English being the main language for 65.5% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.6% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for areas of this type and a little above the state figure. This sits alongside a rate of 17.2% for those using another language at home, which is a little below the Western Australian average.
4.6% ▲ —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Mitchell Plateau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50971/mitchell-plateau/topic/language