37.7% —
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Melbourne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in North Melbourne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in North Melbourne speak a language other than English compared to the rest of the country. About 37.7% of residents use another language at home, which is 15 percentage points above the national figure. This creates a linguistically diverse community where more than a third of the population is multilingual.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 9.3%, followed by Cantonese and Vietnamese. While 37.7% of people use another language at home, 5.2% speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.2% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 North Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041506/north-melbourne/topic/language