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City of Merri-bek

Proficiency in English

In the City of Merri-bek in 2021, 8,656 people who spoke a language other than English at home reported difficulty speaking English.

Proficiency in English measures the self-assessed proficiency in spoken English of people who speak a language other than English at home. The data, when viewed with other ethnic and cultural indicators, such as Ancestry, Country of Birth, Language Spoken at Home and Religion, reflects the City of Merri-bek's ethnic composition and how long the overseas born have been in Australia. This helps service providers determine whether they need to communicate with the local population in languages other than English.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'How well does the person speak English?'

Proficiency in English
City of Merri-bek - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
English proficiencyNumber%Brunswick West %Number%Brunswick West %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only104,55561.069.091,02956.062.2+13,526
Speaks English well or very well50,78329.624.251,46231.726.5-679
Speaks English not well or not at all8,6565.13.610,3366.45.4-1,680
Not stated7,3714.33.29,7346.05.9-2,363
Total population171,365100.0100.0162,561100.0100.0+8,804
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the population in the City of Merri-bek in 2021 compared to Brunswick West shows that there was a lower proportion of people who spoke English only, and a higher proportion of people who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.

Overall, 61.0% of people spoke English only, and 5.1% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 69.0% and 3.6% respectively for Brunswick West.

Emerging groups

The most significant changes in the proficiency in English of the population in this area between 2016 and 2021 were in those speaking:

  • Speaks English only (+13,526 persons)
  • Speaks English not well or not at all (-1,680 persons)
  • Speaks English well or very well (-679 persons)

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