37.4% —
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bentleigh East - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Bentleigh East - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in Bentleigh East - North than in most similar areas. Around 37.4% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen since 2016. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin (7.7%) and Greek (6.4%) are the most common non-English languages spoken here. While 37.4% of people use another language at home, those who speak little or no English make up 4.7% of the population, which is slightly above the Australian figure.
4.7% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Bentleigh East - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021426/bentleigh-east-north/topic/language