23.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Language in Richmond
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 23% of people in Richmond use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well below the Victorian figure, the area sees a high number of residents who speak little or no English. This mix of languages reflects the local diversity of the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.1% of residents, followed by Vietnamese at 5.4% and Greek at 3.4%. Roughly 5.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for this level of area and a little above the national average.
5.7% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22170/richmond/topic/language