63.1% —
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tarneit - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Tarneit - Central
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English at home in Tarneit - Central compared to the rest of the country. Roughly 63.1% of residents use another language, which is 41 percentage points above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 30.7% of people, while Punjabi (15.2%) and Hindi (6.9%) are the most common other languages. This diversity is reflected in the 5.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Victorian average of 4.4%.
5.6% —
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Tarneit - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051583/tarneit-central/topic/language