23.2% ▲ +135.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pakenham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pakenham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 71.7% of people in Pakenham. While this is the most common tongue, the area has a much higher share of people speaking other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Punjabi being the most common non-English language at 4.6%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
3.0% ▲ +56.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Pakenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22027/pakenham/topic/language