9.6% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Seaford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Seaford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Seaford now speak a language other than English at home. While English remains the dominant tongue for 84.6% of residents, there is a noticeable shift toward greater linguistic diversity compared to a decade ago.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.6% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, a result that is well below the state average.
1.2% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Seaford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22249/seaford/topic/language