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Language in Springvale South

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

A massive 50 percentage point gap separates the proportion of people using another language at home in Springvale South from the Australian figure. This multicultural area sees 72.2% of residents speaking a language other than English, making it one of the most linguistically diverse places in its class.

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📍 Springvale South, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is the most common non-English language at 25.4%, while 23.6% of people speak only English. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 25.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure far above the 3.4% national average.

People using another language at home

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72.2% ▲ +6.2%

Higher than 99% 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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25.3% ▲ +6.0%

Higher 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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Springvale South splits fairly evenly between Vietnamese (40%) and English only (37%), with Cantonese at 8%.

Vietnamese 25.4% English only 23.6% Cantonese 5.4% Mandarin 3.0% Greek 2.2% Punjabi 1.9% Italian 0.6% Hindi 0.6% Arabic 0.6% Tagalog 0.6%

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 Springvale South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22329/springvale-south/topic/language