20.0% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarra · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Yarra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Yarra use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 20.0% of residents speak another language, this is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.7% of people, followed by Vietnamese, Greek and Mandarin. Although 4.1% of the population speaks little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, this figure fell slightly since 2016.
4.1% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20607/yarra/topic/language