6.6% ▲ +398.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mengha · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Mengha, though the share of people using another language at home has slightly increased since 2011. While 6.6% of residents speak a language other than English, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, making up 87.4% of the population. While 6.6% use another language at home—which is higher than most similar areas—no one in the community speaks little or no English.
6.6% ▲ +398.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Mengha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60397/mengha/topic/language