Portarlington - St Leonards · Urban Centre

Language in Portarlington - St Leonards

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

Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Portarlington - St Leonards compared to the rest of the state. Only 7% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.

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📍 Portarlington - St Leonards, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 85.6% of people, with Greek (1.9%) and Italian (1.2%) as the next most common languages. While 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, this is still much higher than in most similar areas.

7.0% ▼ -18.0%

Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 7.0%

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

0.8% ▼ -19.7%

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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 Portarlington - St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214018/portarlington-st-leonards/topic/language