Denison · Suburb / Locality

Language in Denison

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language for daily life in Denison, where 82.6% of people speak only English at home. While a few other languages are spoken, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria or Australia.

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📍 Denison, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 5.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Tagalog and Italian are the most common non-English languages, and notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

5.1% ▲ +135.2%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 5.1%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Denison, English only is the majority at 98%; Tagalog is next at 2%.

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 Denison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20736/denison/topic/language