2.2% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mitchell · Urban Centre
Language in Mitchell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Mitchell (L) than in most similar areas. Just 2.2% of residents speak a different language, which is a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.4% of the community, leaving the share of people using another language far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 0.5% of people speak little or no English, this is slightly lower than the state average.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321074/mitchell/topic/language