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City of Melton

Language spoken at home

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In 2021, 86.0% of recent overseas arrivals in 2021, spoke a language other than English at home.

The City of Melton's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in the City of Melton compared to Greater Melbourne.

The City of Melton'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language spoken at home - Ranked by size
City of Melton - Recent arrivals2021
LanguageNumber%Greater Melbourne
Punjabi2,03620.17.8
Hindi7117.05.6
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic5965.91.3
Urdu5565.53.0
Arabic5004.93.4
Tagalog4084.01.6
Filipino3713.71.6
Samoan3123.10.7
Vietnamese3053.03.2
Telugu2722.72.8
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes languages with fewer than 10 people speaking them at home.

Language spoken at home - Summary
City of Melton - Recent arrivals2021
Language summaryNumber%Greater Melbourne
Speaks English only1,25812.416.5
Non-English total8,69286.082.3
Not stated1621.61.2
Total people10,112100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in the City of Melton in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne 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, 12.4% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 86.0% spoke a non-English language, compared with 16.5% and 82.3% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in the City of Melton was Punjabi, with 20.1% of the population, or 2,036 people speaking this language at home.

The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of the City of Melton and Greater Melbourne in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage speaking Punjabi at home (20.1% compared to 7.8%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Assyrian Neo-Aramaic at home (5.9% compared to 1.3%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Tagalog at home (4.0% compared to 1.6%)
  • A smaller percentage speaking Mandarin at home (1.8% compared to 14.7%)

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