4.5% ▼ -42.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Humevale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Humevale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Humevale, where only 4.5% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and the Victorian average of 27.6%. Most residents speak only English, making this a linguistically uniform area compared to the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 92% of people speak only English, a small number of residents use Italian at home. About 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas despite being well below the Victorian average.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Humevale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21215/humevale/topic/language