33.5% —
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pascoe Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 62.5% of people in Pascoe Vale speak only English at home. However, the area is much more linguistically diverse than most, with 33.5% of residents using another language. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
Italian is the most common non-English language at 6.8%, followed by Arabic at 4% and Greek at 3.9%. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most areas, it is about the same as the Victorian average.
33.5% —
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4.0% —
Higher than 76% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Pascoe Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210031538/pascoe-vale/topic/language