31.9% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rowville - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Rowville - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English at home in Rowville - South compared to most similar areas. Around 31.9% of the population use another language, a figure that has risen since 2011. This makes the area significantly more linguistically diverse than both Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 65.4% of people speak only English, 31.9% use another language at home, with Mandarin being the most common at 5.2%. This is well above the national figure of 22.3%, though the 3.8% who speak little or no English is about the same as the rest of the country.
3.8% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Rowville - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011258/rowville-south/topic/language