39.1% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Taylors Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Language in Taylors Lakes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 39% of people in Taylors Lakes now speak another language at home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a diverse community where English only is the primary language for 57.6% of residents, while Italian, Greek and Arabic are also common.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 4.7% of people who speak little or no English, a rate slightly above the Australian average.
4.7% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Taylors Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22474/taylors-lakes/topic/language