50.9% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Scullin · Federal Electorate
Language in Scullin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Scullin speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This mix of backgrounds creates a multicultural environment where English is the primary language for only 44.2% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose to 50.9% in 2021, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 8.2% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Victorian average.
8.2% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Scullin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED237/scullin/topic/language