Gembrook · Urban Centre

Language in Gembrook

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

English is the dominant language spoken in Gembrook, where 88.3% of people use it as their only language at home. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, and it means very few residents rely on a language other than English.

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📍 Gembrook, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is consistent with the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English, and the most common non-English languages are Italian and Cantonese.

2.7% ▲ +52.5%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Gembrook, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Gembrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215036/gembrook/topic/language