16.2% ▲ +127.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maddingley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Maddingley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher rates of multilingualism than most similar areas define Maddingley, where 16.2% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is well below the national figure of 22.3%, the variety of languages spoken reflects a growing diversity in the local community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.1% of residents, but Punjabi is the most common second language at 5.7%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.4% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
1.4% ▲ +107.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Maddingley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21569/maddingley/topic/language