34.0% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Flemington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Flemington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Flemington has shifted since 2011, with the share of people using a language other than English falling by 6.7 percentage points to 34%. Despite this drop, it remains a linguistically diverse area where more than a third of residents speak a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 34% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 58.4%, other common tongues include Vietnamese, Cantonese, Arabic and Mandarin. Roughly 7.2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
7.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Flemington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206031115/flemington/topic/language