8.3% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Upper Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Language in Upper Ferntree Gully
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Upper Ferntree Gully, where 87.9% of residents speak only English at home. While the proportion of people using other languages is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the Victorian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.3% of people here use a language other than English at home, though this is still far below the 22.3% national figure. Only 1.1% speak little or no English, which is well below the state average but much higher than most similar areas.
1.1% ▲ +54.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22614/upper-ferntree-gully/topic/language