26.0% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pakenham - North West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Pakenham - North West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Pakenham - North West than in most similar areas. While 70.6% of residents speak only English, 26% use another language, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 4.8%, followed by Arabic at 1.4%. Around 2.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Victorian average.
2.8% —
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Pakenham - North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011550/pakenham-north-west/topic/language