28.9% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pascoe Vale South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pascoe Vale South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 29% of people in Pascoe Vale South use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This variety creates a multicultural daily life where many residents switch between languages to communicate.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Greek and Italian are the most common non-English languages spoken here, used by 8.0% and 7.9% of residents respectively. While the share of people using other languages is well above the national figure, those who speak little or no English make up 3.7% of the population.
3.7% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Pascoe Vale South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22042/pascoe-vale-south/topic/language