17.7% —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Language in Gembrook (Eastern Victoria)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Gembrook have started speaking a language other than English at home, with this figure rising 6.2 percentage points since 2016. While 17.7% of residents now use another language, this remains well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.7% of the area, while Punjabi and Mandarin are the next most common. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.8% speaking little or no English, a figure slightly lower than the national average.
1.8% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23402/gembrook/topic/language