5.8% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pakenham Upper · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pakenham Upper
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people are speaking languages other than English in Pakenham Upper than in most similar areas. While 91.4% of residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has risen since 2011. This shift is small compared to the broader state and national trends.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is reflected in the low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22029/pakenham-upper/topic/language