41.0% —
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mernda - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mernda - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Forty-one per cent of people in Mernda - South use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3% and makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 54.6% of residents, followed by Punjabi (5.5%), Hindi (3.4%), Arabic (2.7%) and Italian (2.2%). While many speak other languages, the 3.5% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Australian figure.
3.5% —
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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041532/mernda-south/topic/language