7.7% ▲ +175.3%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Delacombe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Delacombe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Delacombe have started using other languages at home since 2011, with the figure rising from 2.8% to 7.7%. Despite this growth, English remains the dominant language and the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Most residents speak only English (87.9%), and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Delacombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011006/delacombe/topic/language