7.1% ▲ +458.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 88.6% of people in Ascot. While this is far below the national figure, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar areas. This creates a linguistic profile that is quite different from the broader Victorian average.
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria. Similarly, the 1.5% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure, despite being much higher than in most similar areas.
7.1% ▲ +458.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.5% ▲ +129.6%
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20074/ascot/topic/language