16.0% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fitzroy North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fitzroy North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much lower proportion of people in Fitzroy North use a language other than English at home compared to the state average. While 16.0% of residents speak another language, this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Most people here speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 79.8% of residents, with Italian (3.1%) and Greek (1.9%) being the most common other options. Only 2.8% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.8% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Fitzroy North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20925/fitzroy-north/topic/language