Toorak · Suburb / Locality

Language in Toorak

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

English is the primary tongue in Toorak, where 74% of people speak only English at home. While this is a high proportion, one in five residents uses another language, which is much more common than in most similar areas.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 20% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 6.4%, while 2% of residents speak little or no English.

20.0% ▲ +14.5%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.5%
  • 2016: 19.1%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

2.0% ▲ +19.5%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 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 Toorak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22547/toorak/topic/language