34.9% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
McKinnon · Suburb / Locality
Language in McKinnon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people in McKinnon speak a language other than English at home compared to the national average. Around 34.9% of residents use a different language, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.6% and far above the Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 12%, followed by Greek at 2.7%. About 4.8% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for similar areas and slightly above the national figure.
4.8% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 McKinnon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21629/mckinnon/topic/language