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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 13.8% of people aged 55 to 64 years in Mosman Municipal Council spoke a language other than English at home.
Mosman Municipal Council's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
Mosman Municipal Council's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
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Mosman Municipal Council - 55 to 64 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language | Number | % | Mosman Council area - Total population | Number | % | Mosman Council area - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
Mandarin | 90 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 64 | 1.9 | 2.2 | +26 |
Cantonese | 58 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 31 | 0.9 | 0.9 | +27 |
French | 35 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 38 | 1.1 | 1.1 | -3 |
Greek | 35 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +19 |
Italian | 31 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 27 | 0.8 | 0.9 | +4 |
German | 30 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 24 | 0.7 | 0.9 | +6 |
Japanese | 24 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 15 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +9 |
Spanish | 21 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 18 | 0.5 | 1.2 | +3 |
Russian | 13 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +5 |
Korean | 13 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +2 |
Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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Mosman Municipal Council - 55 to 64 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | Mosman Council area - Total population | Number | % | Mosman Council area - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 3,095 | 83.0 | 80.0 | 2,756 | 81.3 | 77.9 | +339 |
Non-English total | 513 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 401 | 11.8 | 15.1 | +112 |
Not stated | 120 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 232 | 6.8 | 7.0 | -112 |
Total people | 3,728 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,389 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +339 |
Analysis of the language spoken at home by people aged 55 to 64 years in Mosman Municipal Council in 2021 compared to the total population in Mosman Municipal Council shows that there was a larger proportion of people who spoke English only, and a smaller proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 83.0% of people aged 55 to 64 years spoke English only, and 13.8% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 80.0% and 16.5% respectively for the total population in Mosman Municipal Council.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by people aged 55 to 64 years in Mosman Municipal Council was Mandarin, with 2.4% of the population, or 90 people speaking this language at home.
There were no major differences between Mosman Council area and the total population in Mosman Municipal Council in 2021.
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people aged 55 to 64 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 112 or 27.9%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 339 or 12.3%.
There were no major changes for Mosman Council area between 2016 and 2021.
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