34.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rose River · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rose River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Rose River have started speaking a language other than English at home since 2011. Now, 34.6% of residents use another language, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this diversity, English remains the primary language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 34.6% of residents speak another language at home—well above the Victorian average—no one in the area reports speaking little or no English. This means those using other languages are doing so alongside a strong command of English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Rose River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22195/rose-river/topic/language