11.3% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Frankston · Council (LGA)
Language in Frankston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way of communicating for most people in Frankston. While the number of people speaking other languages at home has risen to 11.3%, this remains far below the national figure. It is a place where most residents share a common language in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 83.6% of residents speak only English at home, with Mandarin and Greek being the most common other languages. While the 11.3% who use another language is higher than in most similar areas, it is still far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.4% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Frankston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22170/frankston/topic/language