14.1% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Melbourne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in East Melbourne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in East Melbourne, where 80.3% of people speak it as their only language at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 14.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure well below the national average of 22.3%. This is reflected in the very low number of people who speak little or no English, at only 0.7%.
0.7% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 East Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041119/east-melbourne/topic/language