19.4% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ivanhoe East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ivanhoe East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Ivanhoe East speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of Victoria. While 19.4% of residents use another language, this is well below the state figure of 27.6%. Most of the community speaks English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.9% of residents, though Greek, Mandarin, and Italian are also spoken. Despite being much higher than most similar areas, only 1.8% of people here speak little or no English.
1.8% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Ivanhoe East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21247/ivanhoe-east/topic/language