3.4% ▲ +65.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newmerella · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 3.4% of people in Newmerella use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and reflects a community where English is the dominant tongue.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.2% of the population. While this is far below the Victorian average of 27.6% for other languages, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.
3.4% ▲ +65.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Newmerella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21933/newmerella/topic/language