15.2% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mordialloc - Parkdale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mordialloc - Parkdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slow rise in linguistic diversity defines Mordialloc - Parkdale, where the share of people using another language at home grew by 1.4 percentage points since 2011. While English remains the dominant tongue, 15.2% of residents now speak a different language, a figure that is well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 81.9% of the community, with Greek, Mandarin, and Italian being the most common other languages. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures and has barely changed since 2016.
1.7% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Mordialloc - Parkdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208031193/mordialloc-parkdale/topic/language