5.2% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Emerald · Suburb / Locality
Language in Emerald
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Emerald compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.2% of residents use another language at home, which is 22 percentage points below the Victorian figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the use of other languages is higher than in most similar areas, only 0.6% of people speak little or no English. English is the sole language for 91.5% of the population, with Greek, Italian, Mandarin and Cantonese each spoken by 0.2%.
0.6% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20868/emerald/topic/language