8.3% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek have started speaking a language other than English at home, rising by 1.3 percentage points since 2011. Even with this growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with 89.3% of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is reflected in the very low number of people who speak little or no English (0.6%), a figure that is well below the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209031215/wattle-glen-diamond-creek/topic/language