Mornington Peninsula Shire
Language used at home
In Mornington Peninsula Shire, 5.3824 of people used a language other than English at home in 2016.
Mornington Peninsula Shire'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.
Mornington Peninsula Shire'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
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Mornington Peninsula Shire - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Speaks English only | 137,797 | 88.9 | 89.7 | 36500 | 130,626 | 90.3 | 89.9 | +7,171 |
 Non-English total | 8,343 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 36501 | 7,108 | 4.9 | 3.4 | +1,235 |
| Not stated | 8,864 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 36502 | 6,871 | 4.8 | 6.7 | +1,993 |
| Total Population | 155,004 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 144,605 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,399 | |
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).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Mornington Peninsula Shire - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Italian | 1,545 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 36022 | 1,459 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +86 |
| Greek | 1,158 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 36015 | 1,047 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +111 |
| German | 663 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 36014 | 565 | 0.4 | 0.8 | +98 |
| Mandarin | 427 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36007 | 212 | 0.1 | -- | +215 |
| French | 379 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36013 | 272 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +107 |
| Dutch | 334 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36010 | 364 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -30 |
| Spanish | 320 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36034 | 231 | 0.2 | -- | +89 |
| Croatian | 273 | 0.2 | -- | 36009 | 279 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -6 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 265 | 0.2 | -- | 36011 | 162 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +103 |
| Thai | 179 | 0.1 | -- | 36102 | 111 | 0.1 | -- | +68 |
| Polish | 172 | 0.1 | -- | 36028 | 123 | 0.1 | -- | +49 |
| Cantonese | 163 | 0.1 | -- | 36006 | 169 | 0.1 | -- | -6 |
| Arabic | 140 | 0.1 | -- | 36004 | 103 | 0.1 | -- | +37 |
| Japanese | 138 | 0.1 | -- | 36023 | 109 | 0.1 | -- | +29 |
| Afrikaans | 126 | 0.1 | -- | 36044 | 95 | 0.1 | -- | +31 |
| Indonesian | 105 | 0.1 | -- | 36018 | 55 | 0.0 | -- | +50 |
| Maltese | 105 | 0.1 | -- | 36027 | 85 | 0.1 | -- | +20 |
| Russian | 103 | 0.1 | -- | 36030 | 61 | 0.0 | -- | +42 |
| Hungarian | 96 | 0.1 | -- | 36017 | 88 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +8 |
| Malayalam | 94 | 0.1 | -- | 36077 | 54 | 0.0 | -- | +40 |
| Non-verbal so described | 91 | 0.1 | -- | 36082 | 92 | 0.1 | -- | -1 |
| Serbian | 83 | 0.1 | -- | 36032 | 103 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -20 |
| Macedonian | 70 | 0.0 | -- | 36026 | 48 | 0.0 | -- | +22 |
| Vietnamese | 65 | 0.0 | -- | 36037 | 57 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Punjabi | 65 | 0.0 | -- | 36088 | 29 | 0.0 | -- | +36 |
| Swedish | 57 | 0.0 | -- | 36097 | 66 | 0.0 | -- | -9 |
| Auslan | 57 | 0.0 | -- | 36049 | 52 | 0.0 | -- | +5 |
| Portuguese | 57 | 0.0 | -- | 36029 | 32 | 0.0 | -- | +25 |
| Danish | 54 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 36057 | 68 | 0.0 | -- | -14 |
| Turkish | 48 | 0.0 | -- | 36036 | 62 | 0.0 | -- | -14 |
| Khmer | 45 | 0.0 | -- | 36024 | 37 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Hindi | 44 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36016 | 36 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Persian | 34 | 0.0 | -- | 36019 | 20 | 0.0 | -- | +14 |
| Czech | 34 | 0.0 | -- | 36056 | 25 | 0.0 | -- | +9 |
| Norwegian | 33 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36083 | 17 | 0.0 | -- | +16 |
| Ukrainian | 28 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36107 | 27 | 0.0 | -- | +1 |
| Korean | 27 | 0.0 | -- | 36025 | 19 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Sinhalese | 25 | 0.0 | -- | 36033 | 16 | 0.0 | -- | +9 |
| Slovene | 25 | 0.0 | -- | 36093 | 18 | 0.0 | -- | +7 |
| Latvian | 24 | 0.0 | -- | 36075 | 31 | 0.0 | -- | -7 |
| Chinese, nfd | 23 | 0.0 | -- | 36055 | 60 | 0.0 | -- | -37 |
| Assyrian/Aramaic | 22 | 0.0 | -- | 36048 | 11 | 0.0 | -- | +11 |
| Swahili | 22 | 0.0 | -- | 36096 | 10 | 0.0 | -- | +12 |
| Fijian | 21 | 0.0 | -- | 36061 | 21 | 0.0 | -- | 0 |
| Samoan | 21 | 0.0 | -- | 36031 | 13 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Shona | 19 | 0.0 | -- | 36091 | 26 | 0.0 | -- | -7 |
| Slovak | 19 | 0.0 | -- | 36092 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +10 |
| Australian Indigenous Languages | 18 | 0.0 | -- | 36005 | 16 | 0.0 | -- | +2 |
| Tamil | 16 | 0.0 | -- | 36035 | 18 | 0.0 | -- | -2 |
| Dari | 16 | 0.0 | -- | 36113 | 12 | 0.0 | -- | +4 |
| Armenian | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 36047 | 17 | 0.0 | -- | -3 |
| Hebrew | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 36066 | 18 | 0.0 | -- | -4 |
| Nepali | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 36081 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +5 |
| Māori (New Zealand) | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 36079 | 10 | 0.0 | -- | +3 |
| Finnish | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 36063 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -13 |
| Albanian | 12 | 0.0 | -- | 36045 | 18 | 0.0 | -- | -6 |
| Lao | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 36074 | 8 | 0.0 | -- | +3 |
| Tongan | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 36105 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +11 |
| Romanian | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 36089 | 22 | 0.0 | -- | -11 |
| Gujarati | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 36064 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +7 |
| Hakka | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 36065 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +1 |
| Bosnian | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 36051 | 4 | 0.0 | -- | +6 |
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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 Mornington Peninsula Shire in 2016 compared to Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat 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, 88.9% of the population used English only, and 5.4 used a non-English language, compared with 89.7% and 3.5% respectively for Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Mornington Peninsula Shire was Italian, with 1.0% of the population, or 1,545 people using this language at home.
There were no major differences between Mornington Peninsula Shire and Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat in 2016.
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 1,235 or 17.4%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 7,171 or 5.5%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Mornington Peninsula Shire between 2011 and 2016 were for those using:
- Mandarin (+215 persons)
- Greek (+111 persons)
- French (+107 persons)
- Filipino/Tagalog (+103 persons)