22.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stonnington · Council (LGA)
Language in Stonnington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 22% of people in Stonnington speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the Victorian average. This linguistic mix has grown slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.1% of residents, followed by Mandarin at 4.6% and Greek at 3.3%. Around 2.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.7% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Stonnington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26350/stonnington/topic/language