14.7% ▲ +131.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Burges · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mount Burges
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A significant gap exists between the language use in Mount Burges and the rest of the country. While 14.7% of people use a language other than English at home—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, making up 55.2% of the population. Despite a higher rate of other languages compared to similar areas, no one in the community speaks little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Mount Burges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51006/mount-burges/topic/language