17.4% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Johns · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mount Johns
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A wide variety of languages are spoken in the homes of Mount Johns, where 17.4% of people use a language other than English. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak English, but the community is diverse in its linguistic roots.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.4% of residents, though some speak Hindi, Arabic, Punjabi or Vietnamese at home. About 2.2% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Mount Johns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70195/mount-johns/topic/language