28.7% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Parkville · Suburb / Locality
Language in Parkville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Parkville now speak a language other than English at home. This reflects a diversifying community where 28.7% of residents use another language, a figure well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 29% of people use a language other than English at home, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. While English is the main language for 66.3% of residents, Mandarin is the most common other language at 6.2%, followed by Cantonese and Vietnamese.
2.9% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Parkville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22038/parkville/topic/language