7.0% ▲ +29.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Golden Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Golden Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Golden Point compared to the rest of the state. While 7% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the 27.6% figure for Victoria. Most people here speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.6% of residents, though Punjabi, Mandarin, and Italian are also spoken. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Golden Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21056/golden-point/topic/language