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Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan)

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

Fewer people are speaking a language other than English at home in Pascoe Vale than in 2016. While 37.1% of residents still use another language, this figure has fallen by 2.9 percentage points over five years. The area remains far more linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

More than a third of people use another language at home, which is well above the Victorian figure. Italian is the most common non-English language at 5.8%, followed by Arabic at 5.0% and Greek at 3.9%. A little above the national average, 5.2% of people speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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37.1% —

Higher than 84% 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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5.2% ▼ -20.0%

Higher than 82% 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 Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 75%; Italian is next at 7%.

English only 58.1% Italian 5.8% Arabic 5.0% Greek 3.9% Mandarin 1.9% Vietnamese 1.0% Hindi 0.7% Cantonese 0.6% Punjabi 0.5% Tagalog 0.4%

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 Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26603/pascoe-vale/topic/language