49.9% ▲ +127.6%
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gorton · Federal Electorate
Language in Gorton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Gorton speak a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. This linguistic diversity has grown rapidly, with the proportion of people using other languages rising by 28 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 49.9% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the main language for 44% of residents, others commonly speak Vietnamese (7.9%), Punjabi (4.2%), or Arabic (2.8%), and 8.1% of the community speaks little or no English.
8.1% ▲ +126.0%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Gorton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED218/gorton/topic/language