50.8% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Waverley - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mount Waverley - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Mount Waverley - North speak a language other than English at home, a figure far higher than most similar areas. This linguistic diversity has grown quickly, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising 13 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 18.4%, followed by Cantonese, Greek and Hindi. While 50.8% of residents use another language at home, 7.6% speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
7.6% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Mount Waverley - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051323/mount-waverley-north/topic/language