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Mayfield East · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mayfield East

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Mayfield East, where 90.9% of residents speak only this language at home. While most people use English, the area has a higher proportion of people speaking other languages than most similar places.

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📍 Mayfield East, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 7.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the 1.5% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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7.1% ▼ -6.1%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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1.5% ▼ -25.1%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Mayfield East, English only is the majority at 96%; Greek is next at 1%.

English only 90.9% Greek 1.1% Mandarin 0.9% Italian 0.6% Arabic 0.5% Vietnamese 0.2% Tagalog 0.2%

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 Mayfield East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12544/mayfield-east/topic/language