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Yagoona - Birrong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Yagoona - Birrong

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

The proportion of people using a language other than English at home in Yagoona - Birrong rose to 64.8% in 2021. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region, with far more non-English speakers than the national average.

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📍 Yagoona - Birrong, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Arabic (25.8%) and Vietnamese (16.5%) are common, while only 28.1% of residents speak English only. This diversity is reflected in the 14.4% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above the national rate of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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64.8% ▲ +2.9%

Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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14.4% ▲ +0.9%

Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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Yagoona - Birrong splits fairly evenly between English only (36%) and Arabic (33%), with Vietnamese at 21%.

English only 28.1% Arabic 25.8% Vietnamese 16.5% Cantonese 2.9% Mandarin 2.6% Greek 1.4% Italian 0.7% Tagalog 0.5% Hindi 0.4% Punjabi 0.1%

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 Yagoona - Birrong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119011361/yagoona-birrong/topic/language