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Flowerdale · Suburb / Locality

Language in Flowerdale

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

English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in Flowerdale, where only 5.8% of residents speak a language other than English at home. This is a very high proportion of English speakers compared to the state and national figures.

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📍 Flowerdale, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 80.3% of residents speak only English, the 5.8% who use another language at home is higher than in most similar areas. Very few people struggle with the language, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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5.8% ▲ +92.6%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.6% ▼ -27.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Flowerdale, English only is the majority at 98%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 80.3% Vietnamese 0.6% Italian 0.5% Mandarin 0.4%

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 Flowerdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20932/flowerdale/topic/language