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Yarra Junction · Suburb / Locality

Language in Yarra Junction

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

English is the dominant language in Yarra Junction, where only 2.9% of people use another language at home. This is around the middle for similar areas, but it remains far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Yarra Junction, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Nearly 90% of residents speak only English. While 0.5% of people speak little or no English—which is higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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2.9% ▼ -22.9%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▲ +166.0%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Yarra Junction, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 89.5% Mandarin 0.5% Vietnamese 0.4% Italian 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Greek 0.1%

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 Yarra Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22911/yarra-junction/topic/language