City of Moonee Valley
Language used at home
In the City of Moonee Valley, 29.6816 of people used a language other than English at home in 2016.
The City of Moonee Valley'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.
The City of Moonee Valley'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of the City of Moonee Valley in 2016 compared to Niddrie shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 64.5% of the population used English only, and 29.7 used a non-English language, compared with 69.5% and 25.3% respectively for Niddrie.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in the City of Moonee Valley was Italian, with 6.8% of the population, or 7,914 people using this language at home.
The major difference between the languages used at home for the population of the City of Moonee Valley and Niddrie in 2016 was:
- A larger percentage using Vietnamese at home (2.3% compared to 0.9%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 2,862 or 9.0%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 4,670 or 6.6%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in the City of Moonee Valley between 2011 and 2016 were for those using:
- Italian (-806 persons)
- Mandarin (+721 persons)
- Vietnamese (+526 persons)
- Persian (+308 persons)