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Footscray (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Footscray (Western Metropolitan)

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

Nearly half of all residents in Footscray speak a language other than English at home. This creates a diverse daily environment where 48.9% of people use a second language, a figure far above the national average.

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📍 Footscray (Western Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is the most common second language at 16.1%, while 44.9% of people speak only English. About 10.8% of the community speak little or no English, which is well above the Victoria figure of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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48.9% —

Higher than 92% 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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10.8% ▼ -11.9%

Higher than 95% 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 Footscray (Western Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 61%; Vietnamese is next at 22%.

English only 44.9% Vietnamese 16.1% Cantonese 3.2% Mandarin 2.7% Greek 2.1% Italian 1.5% Arabic 1.2% Tagalog 0.9% Hindi 0.8% Punjabi 0.5%

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 Footscray (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23007/footscray/topic/language