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Mornington (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate

Language in Mornington (Eastern Victoria)

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

Only 5.5% of people in Mornington use a language other than English at home, making it a very linguistically uniform area. This level of English dominance is far below the Victorian and national figures, reflecting a community where almost everyone speaks the same primary language.

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📍 Mornington (Eastern Victoria), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 90.7% of residents. Very few people struggle with the language here, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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5.5% —

Lower than 82% 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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0.5% ▼ -14.0%

Lower than 89% 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 Mornington (Eastern Victoria), English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 90.7% Italian 0.6% Greek 0.6% Mandarin 0.4% Cantonese 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Tagalog 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 Mornington (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25302/mornington/topic/language