45.1% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Whittlesea · Council (LGA)
Language in Whittlesea
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 45% of people in Whittlesea speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. English is still the main language, but a wide variety of other tongues are spoken across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 45.1% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the Victorian average. This diversity is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, including Arabic (5.2%), Punjabi (4.3%), Italian (3.6%) and Greek (3.1%), while 6.8% of people speak little or no English.
6.8% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27070/whittlesea/topic/language