Noble Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in Noble Park

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for 29.2% of people in Noble Park, making it the most common tongue in a very multilingual community. A huge 64.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a local environment where a diverse range of global languages are spoken daily.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is the most common non-English language at 13.9%, followed by Punjabi at 5.5%. About 16.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is far above both the Victorian and national averages.

64.4% ▲ +9.9%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 58.6%
  • 2016: 63.4%
  • 2021: 64.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

16.8% ▲ +5.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.9%
  • 2021: 16.8%

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.

Language used at home

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In Noble Park, the largest group is English only at 50%, followed by Vietnamese (24%) and Punjabi (9%).

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 Noble Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21952/noble-park/topic/language