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Moonee Beach · Urban Centre

Language in Moonee Beach

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

Only 4.3% of people in Moonee Beach use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average. While this is a small proportion, the number of people speaking other languages has nearly doubled since 2011. Most residents here speak English exclusively.

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📍 Moonee Beach, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 93.5% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure at 0.0%. Other languages spoken in small numbers include Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog and Cantonese.

People using another language at home

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4.3% ▲ +98.6%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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 Moonee Beach, English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 93.5% Mandarin 1.0% Punjabi 0.5% Tagalog 0.5% Cantonese 0.4% Italian 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 Moonee Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121080/moonee-beach/topic/language