2.8% ▲ +82.7%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Heathcote · Urban Centre
Language in Heathcote
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people speak a language other than English in Heathcote than in most similar areas. Only 2.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this number has risen slightly since 2011, the area remains overwhelmingly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 86.4% of people. Those who speak another language are far fewer than in the rest of Victoria, though the 0.5% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.
0.5% ▲ +105.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215038/heathcote/topic/language