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Tarneit · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tarneit

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

About 64.2% of people in Tarneit speak a language other than English at home, one of the highest rates for any similar area. This makes the community far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia. Punjabi, Hindi, and Arabic are among the most common non-English languages spoken here.

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📍 Tarneit, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 29.4% of residents, while Punjabi is spoken by 15.9% and Hindi by 6.3%. Because of this high diversity, the 5.9% of people who speak little or no English is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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64.2% ▲ +67.1%

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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5.9% ▲ +2.1%

Higher than 93% 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 Tarneit, the largest group is English only at 50%, followed by Punjabi (27%) and Hindi (11%).

English only 29.4% Punjabi 15.9% Hindi 6.3% Arabic 2.4% Tagalog 1.9% Mandarin 1.2% Vietnamese 0.8% Cantonese 0.5% Italian 0.3% Greek 0.2%

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 Tarneit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22451/tarneit/topic/language