29.6% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narre Warren North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Narre Warren North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Narre Warren North now speak a language other than English at home than in previous censuses. Nearly 30% of the population uses a language other than English, a figure that is well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.6% of residents use another language at home, which is among the highest for similar areas and a little above the Victorian figure. While 66.3% speak only English, others use Mandarin, Italian, Arabic or Punjabi; 4.4% of the population speak little or no English.
4.4% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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 Narre Warren North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21895/narre-warren-north/topic/language