36.5% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blackburn South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Blackburn South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 60.5% of residents in Blackburn South, but the area is much more linguistically diverse than most. Over a third of the population speaks another language at home, making it one of the most multilingual areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Australian figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek and Vietnamese, while 7.1% of residents speak little or no English.
7.1% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Blackburn South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20254/blackburn-south/topic/language