0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Merriang South · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost no one in Merriang South speaks a language other than English at home, leaving the area far below the national average. English is the primary language for nearly every resident, creating a linguistic profile that is much less diverse than most other parts of Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 90.7% of the population. No residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% and the national rate of 22.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Merriang South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21661/merriang-south/topic/language