16.7% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Heathmont · Suburb / Locality
Language in Heathmont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher shares of residents speak a second language in Heathmont compared to most similar areas. While 16.7% of people use a language other than English at home, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 80% of residents, with Mandarin being the most common second language at 3.9%. Despite the local trend, only 2.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian average.
2.5% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 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 Heathmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21165/heathmont/topic/language