19.7% ▲ +57.5%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maroondah · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Maroondah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the only language spoken at home by 77% of people in Maroondah. While the area is less linguistically diverse than the state average, the proportion of people using a language other than English has risen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.7% of residents use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This includes 4.7% who speak Mandarin, while 3.8% of the population speak little or no English.
3.8% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Maroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21103/maroondah/topic/language