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Braeside, Waterways, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens & Edithvale Planning area's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Braeside, Waterways, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens & Edithvale Planning area's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
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Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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| Braeside, Waterways, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens & Edithvale Planning area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Oakleigh South & Clarinda Planning area % | Number | % | Oakleigh South & Clarinda Planning area % | 2011 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 17,642 | 78.6 | 42.2 | 16,279 | 78.0 | 43.2 | +1,363 |
| Non-English total | 4,208 | 18.7 | 54.3 | 3,916 | 18.8 | 53.1 | +292 |
| Not stated | 593 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 685 | 3.3 | 3.8 | -92 |
| Total Population | 22,443 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,880 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,563 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Braeside, Waterways, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens & Edithvale Planning area in 2021 compared to Oakleigh South & Clarinda Planning area shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a smaller proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 78.6% of the population used English only, and 18.7% used a non-English language, compared with 42.2% and 54.3% respectively for Oakleigh South & Clarinda Planning area.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Braeside, Waterways, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens & Edithvale Planning area was Mandarin, with 2.6% of the population, or 584 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Braeside, Waterways, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens & Edithvale Planning area and Oakleigh South & Clarinda Planning area in 2021 were:
- A smaller percentage using Greek at home (1.9% compared to 14.2%)
- A smaller percentage using Mandarin at home (2.6% compared to 4.9%)
- A smaller percentage using Khmer at home (0.6% compared to 2.5%)
- A smaller percentage using Hindi at home (0.5% compared to 2.5%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 292 or 7.5%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 1,363 or 8.4%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Braeside, Waterways, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens & Edithvale Planning area between 2011 and 2021 were for those using:
- Mandarin (+273 persons)
- Greek (-139 persons)
- Spanish (+52 persons)
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