Maryvale · Suburb / Locality

Language in Maryvale

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way of communicating for most people in Maryvale, where only 7.0% of residents use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria or Australia.

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📍 Maryvale, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 7.0% of people use a language other than English—a figure higher than most similar areas—it is still far below the Victorian average. Italian is the most common non-English language spoken here, but no one in the area speaks little or no English.

7.0%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Maryvale, English only is the majority at 92%; Italian is next at 8%.

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 Maryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21621/maryvale/topic/language