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Nillumbik Shire

Language spoken at home

Nillumbik Shire's language statistics show the proportion of the overseas-born population who speak a language at home other than English. They indicate how linguistically diverse a population is, and whether most migrants are from English speaking countries or non-English speaking countries. This topic also shows those languages spoken specifically by the first-generation migrants (those born overseas) so as to separate them from those born in Australia who speak another language.

Some countries, such as India, have a variety of languages spoken there, so the language spoken can indicate the region of the country of origin. Languages such as Arabic and Spanish are spoken in a range of different countries.

Nillumbik Shire's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Language spoken at home - Ranked by size
Nillumbik Shire - born in Italy20212016Change
LanguageNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Italian29751.574.338961.581.5-92
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

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

Language spoken at home - Summary
Nillumbik Shire - born in Italy20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Speaks English only27147.022.723837.616.7+33
Non-English total29851.676.439562.482.6-97
Not stated81.40.900.00.7+8
Total people577100.0100.0633100.0100.0-56
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

The dominant language spoken at home by the population born in Italy, other than English, in Nillumbik Shire was Italian, with 51.5% of the population, or 297 people speaking this language at home.

The major difference between the languages spoken at home for the population born in Italy in Nillumbik Shire and Greater Melbourne was:

  • A smaller percentage speaking Italian at home (51.5% compared to 74.3%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of the population born in Italy who spoke a language other than English at home decreased by 97 or 24.6%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 33 or 13.9%.

The largest change in the spoken languages of the population in Nillumbik Shire between 2016 and 2021 was for those speaking:

  • Italian (-92 persons)

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