6.0% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Chum Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Chum Creek use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. However, this 6.0% figure is still far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with 91.4% of residents using only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 6.0% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
0.5% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Chum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20560/chum-creek/topic/language