3.5% ▼ -58.7%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Compass · Urban Centre
Language in Mount Compass
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Mount Compass and the rest of the country, with only 3.5% of people using a language other than English at home. This figure is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011. Most residents here speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 91.7% of residents. While the number of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the South Australian figure at 0.6%.
0.6% ▲ +76.8%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Compass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415031/mount-compass/topic/language