3.4% ▲ +94.8%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Charlton · Urban Centre
Language in Charlton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people in Charlton use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of Victoria. Only 3.4% of residents speak another language, though this is a small increase from 1.8% in 2011. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.3% of residents, leaving only 3.4% who use another language at home—a figure far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. While 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, this is still well below the state figure.
1.2% ▲ +93.6%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221018/charlton/topic/language