12.7% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Helena · Suburb / Locality
Language in St Helena
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small number of residents in St Helena now use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the 12.7% share remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.3% of people, with Italian and Mandarin being the most common other languages. Only 1.1% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
1.1% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 St Helena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22339/st-helena/topic/language