10.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Language in Melville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far smaller share of people speak a language other than English in Melville compared to the rest of the country. While 10.9% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 85.9% of residents. While the 10.9% who speak another language is much higher than in most similar areas, this is still well below the New South Wales average of 26.6%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12575/melville/topic/language