12.7% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Parkdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Parkdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Parkdale speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. While 12.7% of residents use another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most of the community speaks only English, making it a less linguistically diverse area than many others in Victoria.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.7% of people use a language other than English at home, with Greek (2.3%) and Mandarin (1.5%) being the most common non-English tongues. Only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the Victorian average.
1.3% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Parkdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22037/parkdale/topic/language