14.5% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Elwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 14.5% of people in Elwood use a language other than English at home. This is well below the national figure and represents a very high proportion of English-only speakers for the area. The linguistic makeup of the suburb has remained very stable over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language here, spoken exclusively by 79.7% of residents. This helps explain why only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Victorian average. Other languages spoken in the area include Greek at 1.5% and Italian at 1.3%.
1.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Elwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051129/elwood/topic/language