5.4% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mornington Peninsula · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Mornington Peninsula
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89.2% of people in Mornington Peninsula. This area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with very few residents using a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This trend has barely changed since 2011, and the 0.5% who speak little or no English is much lower than in most other areas.
0.5% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Mornington Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21402/mornington-peninsula/topic/language