20.7% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Highett · Suburb / Locality
Language in Highett
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 75.9% of people in Highett. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, it still has a lower share of people speaking other languages at home than the Victorian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 20.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin, Greek, Italian, and Cantonese, though only 2.9% of people speak little or no English.
2.9% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Highett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21185/highett/topic/language