56.7% —
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mickleham - Yuroke · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mickleham - Yuroke
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Mickleham - Yuroke speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has jumped 20 points since 2016. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia. Punjabi is now the most common non-English language spoken here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 56.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high diversity is reflected in the 7% who speak little or no English, a number that is well above the Australian average.
7.0% ▲ +101.9%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Mickleham - Yuroke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051445/mickleham-yuroke/topic/language