8.6% ▲ +225.8%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
White Hills - Ascot · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in White Hills - Ascot
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking a language other than English at home in White Hills - Ascot, with the figure rising 5.9 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, 86.8% of residents still speak only English, meaning the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 1.5% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.5% ▲ +51.7%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 White Hills - Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011025/white-hills-ascot/topic/language