40.7% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narre Warren South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Narre Warren South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than four in ten people in Narre Warren South speak another language at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This high level of diversity means many residents navigate daily life in multiple languages, with English only spoken by 55.4% of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 40.7% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average of 22.3%. This is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, including Mandarin, Punjabi, Arabic, and Hindi, and explains why 6.8% of residents speak little or no English.
6.8% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21896/narre-warren-south/topic/language