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Tootgarook

Language used at home

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In Tootgarook, 7.6% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Tootgarook'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.

Tootgarook'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
Tootgarook - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers %Number%Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only2,74386.391.32,33781.989.6+406
Non-English total2417.62.730210.62.7-61
Not stated1946.16.12167.67.7-22
Total Population3,178100.0100.02,855100.0100.0+323
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
Language used at home - Ranked by size
Tootgarook - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers %Number%Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers %2016 to 2021
Italian862.70.31043.60.3-18
Greek491.50.1391.40.2+10
Croatian260.80.2321.10.1-6

Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Tootgarook in 2021 compared to Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers 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, 86.3% of the population used English only, and 7.6% used a non-English language, compared with 91.3% and 2.7% respectively for Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Tootgarook was Italian, with 2.7% of the population, or 86 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Tootgarook and Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Italian at home (2.7% compared to 0.3%)
  • A larger percentage using Greek at home (1.5% compared to 0.1%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home decreased by 61 or 20.2%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 406 or 17.4%.

There were no major differences in Tootgarook between 2016 and 2021.

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