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Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan)

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language for daily life in Eltham, where 85.6% of people speak only English at home. Only 11.9% of residents use another language, which is far below both the Victorian and national figures.

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📍 Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few people struggle with English here, with just 1.1% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the state average. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 1.9%, the proportion of people using another language has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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11.9% —

Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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1.1% ▼ -1.1%

Lower than 64% of state electorate 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.

Language used at home

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In Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 94%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 85.6% Mandarin 1.9% Italian 1.5% Greek 1.0% Arabic 0.5% Cantonese 0.4% Hindi 0.3% Vietnamese 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22501/eltham/topic/language