39.5% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Casey - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Casey - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people use a language other than English at home in Casey - North than in most similar areas. Around 40% of residents speak a different language, a figure that has risen steadily over the last decade. This makes the area significantly more linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.5% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is most common at 55.3%, other common languages include Mandarin, Arabic, Punjabi and Hindi. This diversity is reflected in the 6.1% of residents who speak little or no English, which is a little above the Victorian average.
6.1% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Casey - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21202/casey-north/topic/language