51.4% ▲ +226.5%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has jumped 36 points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both Victoria and the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 30.7% of the population, Punjabi is common at 15.8%, followed by Hindi, Tagalog and Vietnamese. About 5% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
5.0% ▲ +186.3%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041359/rockbank-mount-cottrell/topic/language