47.9% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 48.7%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maribyrnong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Maribyrnong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Maribyrnong use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state and the country. The multicultural mix is stable, with figures barely changing over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 47.9% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While Vietnamese is the most common non-English language at 14.3%, about 7.7% of residents speak little or no English, a rate well above the Victorian average.
7.7% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213031349/maribyrnong/topic/language