21.8% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glen Iris · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glen Iris
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for most people in Glen Iris, though about 22% of residents use another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian average. This mix of languages reflects a community where the majority speak English, but a significant minority maintain a different tongue.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin at 6.2% being the most common. While 2.5% of people speak little or no English—a figure much higher than in most similar areas—this is still a little below the state average.
2.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Iris [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21010/glen-iris/topic/language