Zeerust · Suburb / Locality

Language in Zeerust

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.

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📍 Zeerust, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

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.

  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Zeerust, English only is the majority at 96%; Punjabi is next at 4%.

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 Zeerust [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22943/zeerust/topic/language