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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, there were 2,389 people in the City of Stonnington who were born overseas and reported difficulty speaking English.
Proficiency in English is an important indicator for the Overseas-born population. This may indicate the level to which translation services or communication in other languages is required for each culturally diverse community.
Typically, populations which migrated many years ago may have better English proficiency than recent migrants, and naturally migrants from English speaking countries (or countries where English is widely spoken as a second language) could be expected to have good English proficiency. Proficiency is a self-assessment by the respondent or their family, there is no objective review of this characteristic, so numbers should be treated as a guide only. To further build this story, English proficiency should be looked at in conjunction with Year of Arrival, Language Spoken at Home and Age Structure.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'How well does the person speak English?'
| Proficiency in English | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Stonnington - People born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| English proficiency | Number | % | City of Yarra % | Number | % | City of Yarra % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 15,547 | 47.2 | 51.9 | 14,183 | 43.3 | 46.5 | +1,364 |
| Speaks English well or very well | 14,891 | 45.2 | 35.4 | 15,584 | 47.6 | 37.7 | -693 |
| Speaks English not well or not at all | 2,389 | 7.2 | 12.2 | 2,820 | 8.6 | 15.1 | -431 |
| Not stated | 146 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 136 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +10 |
| Total people | 32,973 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 32,723 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +250 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the people born overseas in the City of Stonnington in 2021 compared to City of Yarra shows that there was a lower proportion of people who spoke English only, as well as a lower proportion of people who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.
Overall, 47.2% of people born overseas spoke English only, and 7.2% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 51.9% and 12.2% respectively for City of Yarra.
Emerging groups
The most significant changes in the proficiency in English of the people born overseas in the City of Stonnington between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Speaks English only (+1,364 persons)
- Speaks English well or very well (-693 persons)
- Speaks English not well or not at all (-431 persons)
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