4.8% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Zeerust · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for almost 88% of people in Zeerust. While more residents here use a language other than English than in most similar areas, this is still far below the national average.
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.8% of people use another language at home, with Punjabi being the most common after English at 3.4%. Despite this, there are no residents who speak little or no English, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages.
4.8% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Zeerust [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22943/zeerust/topic/language