10.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Merriang · Suburb / Locality
Language in Merriang
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Merriang use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 10.4% of residents speak another language, this is still far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.1% of residents, with Italian being the most common second language at 3.3%. Around 4.4% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for this level of area.
4.4% ▲ +160.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Merriang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21660/merriang/topic/language