31.9% —
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Melbourne Industrial · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Port Melbourne Industrial
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in Port Melbourne Industrial than in most similar areas. About 31.9% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area notably more linguistically diverse than the broader community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 8.9%, followed by Cantonese, Italian and Tagalog. While 31.9% of people use another language at home, the proportion who speak little or no English is small at 2.2%, which is a little below the Victorian average.
2.2% —
Higher than 62% 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 Port Melbourne Industrial [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051511/port-melbourne-industrial/topic/language