42.1% ▲ +66.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Melrose Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Melrose Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the most linguistically diverse similar areas, Melrose Park has 42.1% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Many residents speak languages such as Mandarin and Cantonese.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 54.4% of residents, while Mandarin (9.8%) and Cantonese (5.5%) are common. This diversity is reflected in the 7.5% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
7.5% ▲ +58.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Melrose Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12574/melrose-park/topic/language