41.8% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Heffron · State Electorate
Language in Heffron
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Heffron have used a language other than English at home since 2011, with the figure now rising to 41.8%. This is far above the national average and reflects a community where nearly half the population speaks a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 10.1%, followed by Cantonese at 3.3% and Greek at 2.8%. While 5.4% of people speak little or no English—which is much higher than most areas—this proportion has fallen since 2016.
5.4% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Heffron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10035/heffron/topic/language