Mulgoa · State Electorate

Language in Mulgoa

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the main language for 65.5% of people in Mulgoa, though it is a linguistically diverse area. About 30.5% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Mulgoa, State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While the proportion of people using another language at home fell 10 percentage points since 2011, it remains much higher than most areas. Arabic is the most common non-English language at 4.3%, and about 3.8% of residents speak little or no English.

30.5% ▼ -24.6%

Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 40.5%
  • 2016: 28.2%
  • 2021: 30.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

3.8% ▲ +12.8%

Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.

  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 3.8%

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 Mulgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10055/mulgoa/topic/language