47.9% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.7%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maribyrnong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Maribyrnong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Maribyrnong use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This high level of diversity is reflected in the fact that only 48.3% of the population speaks English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Vietnamese is the most common second language at 14.3%, followed by Cantonese and Mandarin. This diversity is reflected in the 7.7% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the 3.4% national average.
7.7% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21604/maribyrnong/topic/language