7.6% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Merbein South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Merbein South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Merbein South, where 86.5% of people speak only this language at home. While more people here use a second language than in most similar areas, the figure remains far below the Victorian and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common second language at 2.7%. Despite this being higher than similar areas, only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the state figure.
1.2% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Merbein South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21654/merbein-south/topic/language