42.0% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narre Warren North (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Language in Narre Warren North (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Narre Warren North speak only English at home, but the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. About 42% of residents use another language, a figure that is much higher than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 42% of people using another language at home is far above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This diversity is reflected in the use of Mandarin, Arabic, Punjabi and Greek, while 6.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure.
6.8% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Narre Warren North (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25905/narre-warren-north/topic/language