28.4% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moorabbin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Moorabbin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak a language other than English in Moorabbin compared to the national figure. Around 28.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the 22.3% seen across Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 67.5% of people, while Mandarin, Greek, Italian and Hindi are also common. Despite the high use of other languages, the 4.0% who speak little or no English is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
4.0% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Moorabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21746/moorabbin/topic/language