13.0% ▲ +38.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Highton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Highton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people are speaking languages other than English in Highton, though it remains far less diverse than the state average. While 13% of residents use another language at home, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.4% of the area, with Mandarin being the most common second language at 1.9%. While 1% of people speak little or no English—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
1.0% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
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 Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21187/highton/topic/language