35.3% —
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narre Warren - North East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Narre Warren - North East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 13 percentage points separates Narre Warren - North East from the national figure for home languages. More than a third of the population speaks a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most Australian areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 35.3% of people use another language at home, a figure that rose 1.9 points since 2016 and is well above the Victorian average. This diversity is reflected in the use of Mandarin, Arabic, Punjabi and Italian, while 5.2% of residents speak little or no English.
5.2% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Narre Warren - North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212021455/narre-warren-north-east/topic/language