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Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan)

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

More than one in two people in Yuroke speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This cultural variety has grown over time, with 56.7% of residents using another language at home in 2021.

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📍 Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 37.8% of residents, while Punjabi (9.0%) and Arabic (8.8%) are the next most common languages. This high diversity is reflected in the 8.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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56.7% —

Higher than 96% 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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8.6% ▲ +10.9%

Higher than 91% 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 Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 60%; Punjabi is next at 14%.

English only 37.8% Punjabi 9.0% Arabic 8.8% Hindi 2.6% Italian 2.2% Greek 1.0% Tagalog 0.7% Mandarin 0.5% Vietnamese 0.4% Cantonese 0.2%

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 Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28803/yuroke/topic/language