14.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Elwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A steady shift in the way people speak has occurred in Elwood since 2011. While English remains the dominant language, about 14.6% of residents now use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 80% of people speak only English, while Greek and Italian are the next most common languages. Only 1.1% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than similar areas but well below the 4.4% seen across Victoria.
1.1% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Elwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20867/elwood/topic/language