Yellingbo · Suburb / Locality

Language in Yellingbo

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

Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Yellingbo compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.8% of the population uses another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Yellingbo, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant language for 89.2% of residents, with Italian and Greek as the next most common. This helps explain why no one in the area speaks little or no English, a figure well below the Victorian average.

4.8% ▲ +54.9%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Yellingbo, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 2%.

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 Yellingbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22925/yellingbo/topic/language