Ormond · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ormond

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

More people in Ormond now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average, with over a third of residents using another language daily.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 34.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While English is spoken by 62.1%, other common languages include Mandarin at 6.7% and Greek at 3.5%.

34.6% ▲ +3.0%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.6%
  • 2016: 35.7%
  • 2021: 34.6%

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

3.9% ▼ -17.7%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 3.9%

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 Ormond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22016/ormond/topic/language