42.1% ▲ +888.3%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Holt · Federal Electorate
Language in Holt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 38 percentage point jump since 2011 means Holt has rapidly become a multilingual hub. Now, 42.1% of people here speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This shift has transformed the linguistic landscape of the area in just a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 52.4% of residents, Punjabi is the next most common at 6%. This diversity is reflected in the 6.1% who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Victorian average and rose 5.5 points since 2016.
6.1% ▲ +944.3%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Holt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED221/holt/topic/language