12.0% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Geelong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Geelong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 12% of people in Geelong use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 82.6% of residents, leaving just 1.2% who speak little or no English—a figure well below the Victorian average. Other common languages include Italian at 1.6%, Mandarin at 1.2%, and Greek at 0.9%.
1.2% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021039/geelong/topic/language