Guildford · Suburb / Locality

Language in Guildford

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

English remains the dominant language in Guildford, with very few residents speaking a different tongue at home. Only 0.9% of people use another language, making the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria.

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📍 Guildford, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 90.3% of people, while Italian is the most common other language at 1.2%. The proportion of people using another language is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and those who speak little or no English are well below the Victorian average.

0.9% ▼ -63.0%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Guildford, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21116/guildford/topic/language