6.7% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Richon · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Mount Richon compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, it is higher than most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 89.0% of residents, and very few people—just 0.3%—speak little or no English. This is well below the Australian average of 3.4%, though it remains higher than most similar areas.
6.7% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mount Richon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51031/mount-richon/topic/language