13.9% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chirnside Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Chirnside Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Chirnside Park than in the rest of Victoria. While the number of people using other languages at home rose to 13.9% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.8% of residents, with Mandarin (2.5%) and Italian (1.6%) being the next most common. Only 1.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits a little below the Victorian average.
1.8% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Chirnside Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051275/chirnside-park/topic/language