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West Melbourne - Residential · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in West Melbourne - Residential

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Almost 47% of people in West Melbourne - Residential speak only English at home, but the area is far more linguistically diverse than most other places. Nearly half of the population uses a language other than English, which is far above the national figure.

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📍 West Melbourne - Residential, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 45.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi and Vietnamese, while 5.5% of people speak little or no English.

People who speak little or no English

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5.5% —

Higher than 84% 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.

Language used at home

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In West Melbourne - Residential, English only is the majority at 64%; Mandarin is next at 20%.

English only 46.8% Mandarin 14.2% Cantonese 3.4% Hindi 2.6% Vietnamese 2.0% Italian 1.1% Arabic 1.0% Tagalog 0.6% Greek 0.5% Punjabi 0.3%

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 West Melbourne - Residential [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041510/west-melbourne-residential/topic/language