9.7% ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Montmorency · Suburb / Locality
Language in Montmorency
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Montmorency, creating a community where very few residents struggle to communicate. Only 9.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 9.7% of residents use another language at home—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the Victorian average. Most people speak only English (87.8%), and very few, just 0.9%, speak little or no English.
0.9% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Montmorency [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21735/montmorency/topic/language