City of Knox
Age groups - Language spoken at home
In 2021, 31.2% of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Knox spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Knox'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.
The City of Knox'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Children aged 0 to 4 years
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Knox - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language | Number | % | Australia | Number | % | Australia | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Mandarin | 957 | 11.3 | 2.8 | 259 | 2.9 | 1.2 | +698 | 30144 |
| Cantonese | 226 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 158 | 1.8 | 0.6 | +68 | 30035 |
| Non-verbal, so described | 161 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 143 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +18 | 30164 |
| Persian (excluding Dari) | 93 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +67 | 30192 |
| Gujarati | 91 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 42 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +49 | 30081 |
| Sinhalese | 87 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 65 | 0.7 | 0.2 | +22 | 30215 |
| Korean | 68 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 37 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +31 | 30121 |
| Punjabi | 67 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 40 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +27 | 30198 |
| Tamil | 66 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 48 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +18 | 30235 |
| Greek | 65 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 76 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -11 | 30080 |
| Arabic | 57 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 51 | 0.6 | 1.6 | +6 | 30011 |
| Vietnamese | 57 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 61 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -4 | 30260 |
| Hindi | 47 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 34 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +13 | 30088 |
| Spanish | 41 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +27 | 30227 |
| Indonesian | 34 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 31 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +3 | 30103 |
| Italian | 29 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 35 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -6 | 30108 |
| Malayalam | 25 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -1 | 30141 |
| Japanese | 24 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 25 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -1 | 30109 |
| German | 24 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +6 | 30077 |
| Nepali | 24 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +13 | 30162 |
| Russian | 20 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +7 | 30203 |
| Filipino | 20 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +10 | 30066 |
| Khmer | 16 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -11 | 30115 |
| Urdu | 16 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -2 | 30257 |
| Thai | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +9 | 30239 |
| Marathi | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +1 | 30149 |
| Serbian | 14 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -4 | 30207 |
| Polish | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 | 30195 |
| Turkish | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +8 | 30253 |
| Kannada | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 30111 |
| Auslan | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 | 30016 |
| Dari | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +5 | 30051 |
| French | 11 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 30070 |
| Telugu | 11 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +6 | 30237 |
| Zomi | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 30268 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes languages with fewer than 10 people speaking them at home.
| Language spoken at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| City of Knox - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Australia | Number | % | Australia | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 5,498 | 65.2 | 71.4 | 7,119 | 79.7 | 78.3 | -1,621 | 60500 |
| Non-English total | 2,633 | 31.2 | 22.9 | 1,508 | 16.9 | 15.5 | +1,125 | 60510 |
| Not stated | 301 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 305 | 3.4 | 6.2 | -4 | 60520 |
| Total people | 8,432 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,932 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -500 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Knox in 2021 compared to Australia shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 65.2% of children aged 0 to 4 years spoke English only, and 31.2% spoke a non-English language, compared with 71.4% and 22.9% respectively for Australia.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Knox was Mandarin, with 11.3% of the population, or 957 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 0 to 4 years of the City of Knox and Australia in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Mandarin at home (11.3% compared to 2.8%)
- A larger percentage speaking Cantonese at home (2.7% compared to 0.7%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of children aged 0 to 4 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 1,125 or 74.6%, and the number of people who spoke English only decreased by 1,621 or 22.8%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Knox between 2011 and 2021 were for those speaking:
- Mandarin (+698 persons)
- Cantonese (+68 persons)
- Persian (excluding Dari) (+67 persons)