52.0% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Monash · Council (LGA)
Language in Monash
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Monash speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This wide variety of tongues shapes daily life, with 52% of the population using a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common second language at 15.2%, and the proportion of people using another language at home has risen by 7.6 points since 2011. This diversity is reflected in the 8.1% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
8.1% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24970/monash/topic/language