43.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Language in Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher numbers of people speak a language other than English in Narre Warren South compared to most other areas. While 43.3% of residents use another language at home, this is a drop from 52.3% in 2011. English remains the most common tongue for 51.8% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Language diversity is far above the national figure, with 43.3% of people using another language at home. This helps explain why 7.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen since 2016.
7.0% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26005/narre-warren-south/topic/language