Middlemount · Urban Centre

Language in Middlemount

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

English is the dominant language used in daily life for Middlemount, where only 4.3% of people speak another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, marking the area as much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Middlemount, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While English is used by 62.5% of residents, use of other languages rose 2.6 points since 2011. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the 3.4% national average.

4.3% ▲ +157.4%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 4.3%

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

0.4% ▲ —

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Middlemount, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Middlemount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315061/middlemount/topic/language