59.9% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Point Cook - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Point Cook - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 60% of people in Point Cook - South speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a deeply multicultural community where more than half of the residents use a second language daily. This linguistic diversity has risen by 8.3 percentage points since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 36.3% of residents, while Mandarin (10.4%), Hindi (9.2%), Punjabi (3.5%), and Cantonese (2.2%) are also common. Around 6.2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure.
6.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Point Cook - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051466/point-cook-south/topic/language