21.8% ▲ +57.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Melton West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Melton West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing variety of languages are spoken in Melton West, where the number of people using a language other than English at home has risen since 2011. While 21.8% of residents speak another language, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.1% of people, though Punjabi, Arabic, Vietnamese and Hindi are also heard. About 3.4% of the community speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.4% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Melton West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21644/melton-west/topic/language