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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 19.4% of children aged 12 to 17 years in Hobsons Bay City spoke a language other than English at home.
Hobsons Bay City's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
Hobsons Bay City's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobsons Bay City - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 to 2021 |
| Arabic | 272 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 323 | 5.9 | 1.7 | -51 |
| Vietnamese | 128 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 155 | 2.9 | 2.1 | -27 |
| Greek | 92 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 94 | 1.7 | 1.3 | -2 |
| Mandarin | 55 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 51 | 0.9 | 2.6 | +4 |
| Karen | 45 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 46 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -1 |
| Macedonian | 34 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 44 | 0.8 | 0.3 | -10 |
| German | 32 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +7 |
| Cantonese | 31 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 49 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -18 |
| Serbian | 28 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Spanish | 27 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +2 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobsons Bay City - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 4,466 | 76.6 | 73.4 | 3,945 | 72.6 | 74.4 | +521 |
| Non-English total | 1,132 | 19.4 | 21.8 | 1,247 | 22.9 | 20.9 | -115 |
| Not stated | 235 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 242 | 4.5 | 4.7 | -7 |
| Total people | 5,833 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,434 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +399 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 12 to 17 years in Hobsons Bay City in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a larger proportion of people who spoke English only, and a smaller proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 76.6% of children aged 12 to 17 years spoke English only, and 19.4% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 73.4% and 21.8% respectively for Victoria.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 12 to 17 years in Hobsons Bay City was Arabic, with 4.7% of the population, or 272 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 12 to 17 years of Hobsons Bay City and Victoria in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Arabic at home (4.7% compared to 1.9%)
- A smaller percentage speaking Mandarin at home (0.9% compared to 2.5%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children aged 12 to 17 years who spoke a language other than English at home decreased by 115 or 9.2%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 521 or 13.2%.
The largest change in the spoken languages of children aged 12 to 17 years in Hobsons Bay City between 2016 and 2021 was for those speaking:
- Arabic (-51 persons)
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