7.5% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Merrigum · Suburb / Locality
Language in Merrigum
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Merrigum and the rest of the country, with far fewer people using a language other than English at home. While 83.7% of residents speak only English, the area remains more linguistically diverse than most similar small places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.5% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas despite being well below the state average.
1.3% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Merrigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21665/merrigum/topic/language