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Shelford · Suburb / Locality

Language in Shelford

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Shelford, where only 4.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, placing the area around the middle for similar places.

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📍 Shelford, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most residents speak only English, making up 95.4% of the population. While no one here speaks little or no English, which is well below the national figure, a small number of people use Greek at home.

People using another language at home

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4.2% ▲ +32.6%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% 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.

Language used at home

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In Shelford, English only is the majority at 98%; Greek is next at 2%.

English only 95.4% Greek 1.9%

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 Shelford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22272/shelford/topic/language