21.3% ▲ +39.6%
Higher than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Melbourne - Outer East · Region (SA4)
Language in Melbourne - Outer East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as the national figure, 21.3% of people in Melbourne - Outer East speak a language other than English at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian average. The use of non-English languages has risen 6.1 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 75.3% of residents, followed by Mandarin at 5.4% and Cantonese at 2.4%. About 3.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
3.5% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Melbourne - Outer East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/211/melbourne-outer-east/topic/language