27.6% ▲ +19.4%
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Victoria · State / Territory
Language in Victoria
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Victoria speak a language other than English at home, making daily life here more linguistically diverse than in most other Australian states. This trend is growing, with 27.6% of the population now using another language, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language at 67.2%, followed by Mandarin at 3.4% and Vietnamese at 1.8%. While 4.4% of residents speak little or no English, this figure has barely changed since 2016.
4.4% ▼ -2.1%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/2/victoria/topic/language