2.0% ▲ +76.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Neerim East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Neerim East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant own-language spoken in Neerim East, where only 2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it an area with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 83.2% of residents speak only English, which is much lower than the 27.6% seen across Victoria. Despite this, 0% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Neerim East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21908/neerim-east/topic/language