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Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan)

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

English is the dominant tongue for most people in Mordialloc, with 80.3% of residents speaking only this language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state average, a trend that has remained steady over the last five years.

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📍 Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 16.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the low number of residents who speak little or no English, at just 1.9%.

People using another language at home

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16.6% —

Higher than 54% 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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1.9% ▼ -10.5%

Higher than 55% 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 Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 91%; Greek is next at 3%.

English only 80.3% Greek 2.5% Mandarin 2.0% Italian 1.1% Cantonese 0.6% Hindi 0.5% Vietnamese 0.4% Arabic 0.4% Tagalog 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 Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25205/mordialloc/topic/language