32.0% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Viewbank · Suburb / Locality
Language in Viewbank
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Viewbank use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. About 32% of residents speak another language, which is nearly 10 points above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 9.5%, followed by Italian, Greek and Cantonese. Despite the high use of other languages, the 4.1% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
4.1% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Viewbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22633/viewbank/topic/language