3.0% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Heathcote · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Heathcote
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Heathcote, where only 3.0% of people use another language at home. This makes the area far more linguistically uniform than the rest of Victoria and Australia. These figures have remained steady for over a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few people in Heathcote speak a language other than English, a figure that is far below the national rate of 22.3%. This is reflected in the same low numbers for those who speak little or no English, at just 0.4%.
0.4% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202021029/heathcote/topic/language