30.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glen Eira · Council (LGA)
Language in Glen Eira
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Diverse sounds fill the streets of Glen Eira, where nearly one third of residents speak a language other than English at home. This level of variety is much higher than in most other areas, making the region a multilingual hub within Melbourne.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.9% of people use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 65.6%, Mandarin (5.6%), Greek (3.6%), Hindi (1.2%), and Cantonese (1.2%) are also frequently spoken. Roughly 3.7% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most areas.
3.7% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Glen Eira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22310/glen-eira/topic/language