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Heathcote · Suburb / Locality

Language in Heathcote

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

English is the dominant language for daily life in Heathcote (Vic.), where only 3.5% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, marking it as an area with very little linguistic diversity.

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📍 Heathcote, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most residents speak only English, at 84.3%. While 0.6% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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3.5% ▲ +23.4%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.6% ▲ +6.9%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

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

English only 84.3% Italian 0.5% Tagalog 0.2% Mandarin 0.2% Cantonese 0.2% Greek 0.1%

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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21160/heathcote/topic/language