5.9% ▲ +66.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elmhurst · Suburb / Locality
Language in Elmhurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Elmhurst speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 72.4% speak only English, about 5.9% use another language, which is still far below the Victorian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.9% of residents use a language other than English, with Arabic being the most common non-English tongue at 2.2%. This is higher than most similar areas, and 1.6% of people here speak little or no English.
1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Elmhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20861/elmhurst/topic/language