21.4% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Kilda East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in St Kilda East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main way people communicate in St Kilda East, though about 21.4% of residents use another language at home. This is higher than most similar areas, even though it is well below the Victorian average. This diversity creates a multilingual environment where English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 21.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that fell 2.7 percentage points since 2011. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is still a little below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English (72.7%), and only 2.1% of the population speak little or no English.
2.1% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 St Kilda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051134/st-kilda-east/topic/language