23.0% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Geelong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher shares of residents speak a language other than English in North Geelong compared to most similar areas. While 23% of people use another language at home, this is about the same as the national figure. English remains the main language for 70.1% of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Among the highest in the region, 4.9% of people here speak little or no English, which is a little above the Australian figure of 3.4%. Beyond English, the most common languages used at home are Punjabi at 1.9%, Italian at 1.7%, and Mandarin at 1.3%.
4.9% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 North Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21965/north-geelong/topic/language