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Language in Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan)

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

Only 11.1% of people in Frankston speak a language other than English at home, a figure far below both the state and national averages. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Victoria. The proportion of people using other languages has barely changed over the last five years.

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📍 Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 82.4% of residents, with Mandarin and Greek as the most common other options. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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11.1% —

Lower than 59% 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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1.5% ▼ -0.2%

Lower than 53% 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 Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 95%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 82.4% Mandarin 1.3% Greek 1.0% Italian 0.5% Cantonese 0.4% Arabic 0.4% Tagalog 0.3% Vietnamese 0.2% Hindi 0.2% Punjabi 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 Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23205/frankston/topic/language