23.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Abbotsford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Abbotsford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 71% of people in Abbotsford, though nearly a quarter of the community speaks another language at home. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than most similar places, even though the proportion of non-English speakers is well below the Victorian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Vietnamese being the most common after English at 4.6%. While the number of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most areas, it has fallen to 3.4% since 2016.
3.4% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Abbotsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206071139/abbotsford/topic/language