45.1% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Templestowe Lower · Suburb / Locality
Language in Templestowe Lower
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Templestowe Lower use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, marking the area as one of the most linguistically diverse spots in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 45.1% of people speak another language at home, which is far above the Victorian average of 27.6%. English is the main language for 52.1% of residents, followed by Mandarin (10.9%) and Greek (8.6%), while 6.9% speak little or no English.
6.9% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Templestowe Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22484/templestowe-lower/topic/language