3.2% ▲ +160.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maiden Gully · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Maiden Gully, with only 3.2% of residents speaking another language at home. This is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia. The area is very linguistically uniform, as nearly 95% of the population speaks only English.
English and the largest community languages.
While English is almost universal, 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is still well below the state and national averages.
3.2% ▲ +160.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ +330.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Maiden Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21574/maiden-gully/topic/language