MYA Census 2017 Question 12. What languages do you communicate in? (Please list in order of most commonly used)

MY Australia Census 2017

Summary

This question asks participants to list up to three languages in which they most often communicate. The languages were listed in the order of most commonly used (number 1) to least commonly used (number 3).

Details

Response Options: Respondents were provided with three open-ended response options for this question.

Response: 1,716 respondents answered this question.

Results: English was widely spoken among the sample; 55.7% of the participants said English was their most commonly used language. The other three most commonly used languages among the sample were: Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin) (5.4%), Arabic (3.8%) and Hindi (2.9%).