19.2% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Monash · Suburb / Locality
Language in Monash
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Monash speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is a diverse mix for the local area, the proportion is still well below the figures for both the ACT and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.8% of residents, followed by smaller groups speaking Vietnamese, Arabic, and Mandarin. Only 1.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the ACT average.
1.9% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80097/monash/topic/language