44.9% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 93% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Melbourne - West · Region (SA4)
Language in Melbourne - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people speak a language other than English in Melbourne - West compared to the rest of the country. Nearly 45% of the population uses another language at home, a figure that has risen by 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 49.1% of the area, followed by Vietnamese at 6.5% and Punjabi at 4.4%. About 7.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
7.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 91% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/213/melbourne-west/topic/language