55.8% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clarinda · Suburb / Locality
Language in Clarinda
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the highest in similar areas for linguistic variety, Clarinda is a place where over half the residents speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, creating a community where diverse languages are a common part of daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 55.8% of people use another language at home, which is far above the 27.6% seen across Victoria. Consistent with this diversity, 10.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average of 3.4%. While 40.5% speak only English, Greek is the most common other language at 14.2%, followed by Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Italian.
10.8% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Clarinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20566/clarinda/topic/language