5.2% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mornington - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.2% of people in Mornington - West use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia. The vast majority of residents speak only English.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.7% of the population, while Italian and Greek are the most common other languages. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.5%, which is well below the Victorian average.
5.2% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% —
Lower than 76% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mornington - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/214021592/mornington-west/topic/language