29.1% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Essendon North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Essendon North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language diversity in Essendon North has grown over the last decade, with nearly 30% of residents now speaking a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure and makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar locations.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66.8% of people speak only English, 29.1% use another language, with Italian, Mandarin, Greek and Hindi being the most common. Despite this diversity, the 3% who speak little or no English is a little below the Victorian average.
3.0% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Essendon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20887/essendon-north/topic/language