Malaga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Malaga

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue for most people in Malaga, where nearly half the population speaks only English at home. While Vietnamese is a significant minority language here, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.

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📍 Malaga, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 12% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This lack of diversity is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.

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Lower than 99% 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.

Language used at home

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In Malaga, English only is the majority at 80%; Vietnamese is next at 20%.

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 Malaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504031063/malaga/topic/language