49.7% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.1%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Monterey · Suburb / Locality
Language in Monterey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Monterey speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has grown since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average, with 49.7% of people using a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Greek is the most common non-English language at 16.7%, followed by Arabic at 7.4%. While most people are fluent, 5.9% of the community speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.9% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Monterey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12697/monterey/topic/language