19.8% ▲ +56.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maroondah · Council (LGA)
Language in Maroondah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise of 7.2 percentage points since 2011 shows that more people in Maroondah are using languages other than English at home. While English remains the dominant language for 76.9% of the population, the area is seeing a growing trend toward linguistic diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.8% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 4.7%, while 3.8% of residents speak little or no English.
3.8% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Maroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24410/maroondah/topic/language