8.7% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Diamond Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Diamond Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 8.7% of people in Diamond Creek use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it an area where English is overwhelmingly the main way people communicate.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 88.8% of residents speak only English, the 8.7% who use another language is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes small numbers of Italian, Greek, and Mandarin speakers, while only 0.6% of the population speak little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Diamond Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20752/diamond-creek/topic/language