12.4% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Highton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Highton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Highton, where 84.2% of people use it exclusively at home. Only 12.4% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far below the Victorian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the share of people using another language at home rose 3.4 percentage points since 2011, the figure remains well below the national rate. This is reflected in the very few people who speak little or no English, at just 0.9%.
0.9% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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).
More for Highton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021042/highton/topic/language