12.3% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Morgantown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Morgantown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Morgantown compared to the national figure. While 12.3% use another language at home, this is much higher than in most similar areas. English remains the dominant tongue, spoken by 67.1% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Western Australian figure. Only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, a result that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the national average.
1.2% ▼ -56.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Morgantown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50997/morgantown/topic/language