33.5% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pascoe Vale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pascoe Vale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 62.3% of people in Pascoe Vale, though it is a very linguistically diverse area. About 33.5% of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the most multilingual areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Beyond English, Italian is the most common language at 6.4%, followed by Greek and Arabic at 3.7%. While many people use other languages, the 4.0% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state and national figures.
4.0% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Pascoe Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22041/pascoe-vale/topic/language