58.8% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Derrimut · Suburb / Locality
Language in Derrimut
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 58.8% of people in Derrimut speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This high level of diversity means that more than half the population uses a non-English language, creating a community with a very distinct linguistic profile compared to the rest of Victoria.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Alongside a high number of non-English speakers, 9.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well above the Victorian average. While English is the most common language at 36%, Vietnamese is widely spoken by 15.9% of the community, followed by Tagalog, Punjabi and Cantonese.
9.9% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Derrimut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20743/derrimut/topic/language