13.3% ▲ +62.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glen Iris · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glen Iris
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Glen Iris involves a mix of English and other tongues, with 13.3% of people speaking another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Western Australian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83% of residents, though Mandarin and Tagalog are the most common other tongues. About 2.4% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
2.4% ▲ +45.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Glen Iris [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50553/glen-iris/topic/language