Ensay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ensay

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

English is the dominant tongue in Ensay, where 84.5% of people use it as their only language at home. While more people here speak a second language than in most similar areas, the community remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria.

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📍 Ensay, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 7.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, including 3.9% who speak Mandarin. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and no one in the area speaks little or no English.

7.7% —

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.7%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Ensay, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 4%.

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 Ensay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20875/ensay/topic/language