19.8% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elsternwick · Suburb / Locality
Language in Elsternwick
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Elsternwick is shaped by a diverse mix of voices, with nearly one in five residents speaking a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.8% of people here use another language at home, including Greek, Mandarin, and Italian. This includes 2.0% who speak little or no English, which is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas.
2.0% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Elsternwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20864/elsternwick/topic/language