3.6% ▲ +115.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Scarsdale · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Scarsdale, with only 3.6% of people using another language at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it a place where very few residents speak a language other than English.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86% of residents. While only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than the figure for most similar areas.
3.6% ▲ +115.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Scarsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22241/scarsdale/topic/language