11.7% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greater Geelong · Council (LGA)
Language in Greater Geelong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Greater Geelong compared to the rest of the state. While 11.7% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. The area remains overwhelmingly English-speaking, though the use of other languages has risen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.1% of households, with Mandarin, Punjabi, and Italian each spoken by 0.8%. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.6% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Greater Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22750/greater-geelong/topic/language