18.5% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully is predominantly English-speaking, though more people are using other languages at home than in most similar areas. While 18.5% of residents speak a language other than English, this is still well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.4% of people, with Mandarin (4.0%) and Cantonese (1.7%) being the most common other options. The share of people using another language at home rose 3.3 percentage points since 2016, yet those who speak little or no English remain a small group at 2.6%.
2.6% ▲ +31.1%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011448/ferntree-gully-upper-ferntree-gully/topic/language