30.2% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Heatherton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Heatherton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 64.6% of people in Heatherton. However, the area is quite diverse, with 30.2% of residents speaking another language at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.2% of people use a language other than English at home, a rate among the highest for similar areas. While Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.3%, 3.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.
3.3% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Heatherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21163/heatherton/topic/language