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Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury

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

About 22.4% of people in Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury speak a language other than English at home. This means nearly one in four residents uses a second language, a figure that has climbed by 6.8 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 10%, while English is spoken by 74.7% of the area. While this is higher than most similar areas, 3.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian figure.

People using another language at home

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22.4% ▲ +43.5%

Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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3.0% ▲ +0.0%

Higher than 70% 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 Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury, English only is the majority at 82%; Mandarin is next at 11%.

English only 74.7% Mandarin 10.0% Cantonese 2.0% Greek 1.6% Vietnamese 0.9% Italian 0.7% Hindi 0.5% Arabic 0.3% Punjabi 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011155/surrey-hills-canterbury/topic/language