39.0% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Melton · Council (LGA)
Language in Melton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English at home in Melton than in most similar areas. Around 39% of residents use a second language, a figure that has climbed 10 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 54.3% of people, Punjabi is the most common second language at 5.9%. About 4.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
4.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24650/melton/topic/language