5.2% ▲ +1184.1%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Pleasant · Urban Centre
Language in Mount Pleasant
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 17 percentage points separates Mount Pleasant from the national figure for people using another language at home. While the area is mostly English-speaking, the number of residents speaking other languages has risen to 5.2% over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.3% of residents. While only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421027/mount-pleasant/topic/language