21.6% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Kilda East · Suburb / Locality
Language in St Kilda East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in St Kilda East have used a language other than English at home since 2011. While 21.6% of the population now speaks another language, this is still well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Roughly 21.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. English is the main language for 73.2% of people, followed by Greek at 1.5%, while 2.0% speak little or no English.
2.0% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Kilda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22344/st-kilda-east/topic/language