8.8% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Language in East Geelong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in East Geelong now use a language other than English at home. While 8.8% of the population speaks another language, this figure remains far below the Victorian and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.1% of residents, with Italian and Greek being the most common other options. Those who speak little or no English make up 1% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though still well below the state figure.
1.0% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
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 East Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20829/east-geelong/topic/language