Elliminyt · Suburb / Locality

Language in Elliminyt

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

English is the dominant tongue in Elliminyt, where 92.7% of people speak only this language at home. While most residents use English, the area has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages compared to similar places.

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📍 Elliminyt, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 4.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Only 0.7% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average.

4.8% ▲ +67.5%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.7% ▲ +18.6%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Elliminyt, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Elliminyt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20859/elliminyt/topic/language