Smythes Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Smythes Creek

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Smythes Creek. With 95.6% of the population speaking only English at home, the area has one of the lowest proportions of other languages spoken in the region.

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📍 Smythes Creek, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. This is reflected in the fact that almost nobody here speaks little or no English, at just 0.3%.

2.4% ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 2.4%

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

0.3% ▼ -7.0%

Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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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In Smythes Creek, English only is the majority at 100%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Smythes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011007/smythes-creek/topic/language