4.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Evelyn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mount Evelyn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Mount Evelyn than in most similar areas. Only 4.2% of residents speak another tongue, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 93.9% of residents, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% for other languages. Consequently, the 0.4% of people who speak little or no English is well below the national average of 3.4%.
0.4% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Mount Evelyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051283/mount-evelyn/topic/language