41.8% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glen Huntly · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glen Huntly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Glen Huntly speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. While 41.8% of residents use another language, the national figure is much lower at 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 53.8% of residents, followed by Hindi at 5% and Mandarin at 4.8%. Despite the high use of other languages, the 4.3% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Victorian average.
4.3% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Glen Huntly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21009/glen-huntly/topic/language