13.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Geelong West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Geelong West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Geelong West compared to the rest of the state. While 13.5% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most people here speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.6% of residents, while Italian and Mandarin are the most common other languages. Although 1.9% of people speak little or no English, this is still a little below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
1.9% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Geelong West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20974/geelong-west/topic/language