7.2% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sassafras
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Sassafras, where nearly 90% of people speak only English at home. While a small number of residents use other languages, this is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.2% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the 22.3% national average. Despite this, 1.0% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.0% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22239/sassafras/topic/language