13.1% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cheshunt · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cheshunt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small number of people use a language other than English at home in Cheshunt, though this is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 13.1% of residents speak a different language at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a significant gap compared to the rest of Victoria.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 13.1% of people use another language at home—mostly Italian at 8.5%—only 1.4% speak little or no English. This small group is much larger than in most similar areas, though still a little below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
1.4% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Cheshunt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20543/cheshunt/topic/language