10.4% —
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Geelong (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Language in Geelong (Western Victoria)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 10.4% of people in Geelong (Western Victoria) speak a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it an area where English is overwhelmingly the primary language. This trend has remained steady since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 85.1% of residents, with Italian and Mandarin each at 1.0%. Very few people struggle with English here, as only 1.1% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
1.1% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Geelong (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23308/geelong/topic/language