24.2% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cheltenham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher shares of residents speak a language other than English in Cheltenham compared to most similar areas. While 24.2% of people use another language at home, this is well below the Victorian average. English remains the dominant tongue, spoken exclusively by 72.3% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.2% of people use a language other than English at home, with Greek (4.3%) and Mandarin (3.6%) being the most common. This is much higher than most similar areas, though only 3.4% of residents speak little or no English.
3.4% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20539/cheltenham/topic/language