25.4% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Malvern East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Malvern East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 71.4% of people in Malvern East, though it is a linguistically diverse area. About one in four residents speaks another language at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 25.4% of people use a language other than English at home, this is much higher than most similar areas. Mandarin (6.0%) and Greek (5.0%) are the most common non-English languages, though only 3.0% of residents speak little or no English.
3.0% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Malvern East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21587/malvern-east/topic/language