37.0% —
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mernda - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mernda - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 59.3% of people in Mernda - North, though the area is notably multilingual. More than one in three residents speaks another language at home, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 37% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Common non-English languages include Punjabi (4.1%), Hindi (2.4%), and Arabic (2.3%), while 3.6% of people speak little or no English.
3.6% —
Higher than 74% 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.
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 Mernda - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041531/mernda-north/topic/language