11.6% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carrum · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carrum
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for most people in Carrum, where 84.5% of residents speak only English at home. While more people here use a second language than in many similar areas, the overall proportion remains far below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.6% of people use a language other than English at home, with Greek and Mandarin being the most common. Despite being much higher than most similar areas, only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
1.2% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Carrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20507/carrum/topic/language