3.9% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Strathmerton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Strathmerton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English continues to be the dominant language in Strathmerton, where very few residents use a different tongue at home. Only 3.9% of people speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a community with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.9% of residents. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas, this figure remains well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
0.3% ▲ —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Strathmerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22379/strathmerton/topic/language