City of Casey
Age groups - Language spoken at home
In 2021, 40.9% of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Casey spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Casey's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
The City of Casey's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Children aged 0 to 4 years
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| City of Casey - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language | Number | % | Mornington Peninsula Shire | Number | % | Mornington Peninsula Shire | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Punjabi | 2,023 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 254 | 1.3 | 0.0 | +1,769 | 30198 |
| Hazaraghi | 1,244 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 150 | 0.7 | 0.0 | +1,094 | 30086 |
| Sinhalese | 808 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 445 | 2.2 | 0.0 | +363 | 30215 |
| Mandarin | 607 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 238 | 1.2 | 0.1 | +369 | 30144 |
| Dari | 601 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 501 | 2.5 | 0.0 | +100 | 30051 |
| Non-verbal, so described | 536 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 371 | 1.9 | 0.9 | +165 | 30164 |
| Malayalam | 461 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 176 | 0.9 | 0.0 | +285 | 30141 |
| Tamil | 438 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 249 | 1.2 | 0.0 | +189 | 30235 |
| Hindi | 355 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 231 | 1.2 | 0.0 | +124 | 30088 |
| Pashto | 332 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 121 | 0.6 | 0.0 | +211 | 30191 |
| Gujarati | 331 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +303 | 30081 |
| Urdu | 277 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 115 | 0.6 | 0.0 | +162 | 30257 |
| Arabic | 234 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 236 | 1.2 | 0.0 | -2 | 30011 |
| Vietnamese | 190 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 124 | 0.6 | 0.0 | +66 | 30260 |
| Persian (excluding Dari) | 172 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 48 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +124 | 30192 |
| Khmer | 169 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 132 | 0.7 | 0.0 | +37 | 30115 |
| Samoan | 158 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 101 | 0.5 | 0.0 | +57 | 30204 |
| Serbian | 150 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 145 | 0.7 | 0.1 | +5 | 30207 |
| Telugu | 143 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 60 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +83 | 30237 |
| Spanish | 141 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 141 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 30227 |
| Filipino | 99 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 49 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +50 | 30066 |
| Turkish | 97 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 79 | 0.4 | 0.0 | +18 | 30253 |
| Tagalog | 90 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 41 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +49 | 30232 |
| Greek | 90 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 122 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -32 | 30080 |
| Nepali | 85 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +81 | 30162 |
| Cantonese | 83 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 73 | 0.4 | 0.0 | +10 | 30035 |
| Bengali | 79 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 31 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +48 | 30026 |
| Korean | 75 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +59 | 30121 |
| Romanian | 67 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 109 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -42 | 30200 |
| Albanian | 65 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 44 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +21 | 30007 |
| Indonesian | 58 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 84 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -26 | 30103 |
| Italian | 58 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 52 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +6 | 30108 |
| French | 57 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 59 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -2 | 30070 |
| Marathi | 53 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +30 | 30149 |
| Kannada | 52 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 51 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +1 | 30111 |
| Croatian | 50 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 41 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +9 | 30045 |
| Russian | 47 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +3 | 30203 |
| Thai | 40 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +20 | 30239 |
| Auslan | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +29 | 30016 |
| Polish | 37 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 30195 |
| Shona | 34 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +17 | 30211 |
| Bosnian | 34 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +5 | 30030 |
| Japanese | 29 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +9 | 30109 |
| Oromo | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +6 | 30174 |
| Swahili | 27 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +15 | 30229 |
| Dinka | 27 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +8 | 30053 |
| Malay | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +16 | 30140 |
| Nuer | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 42 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -17 | 30169 |
| Māori (New Zealand) | 22 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +3 | 30148 |
| Hakka | 22 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 47 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -25 | 30082 |
| Burmese | 20 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +17 | 30032 |
| Portuguese | 20 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1 | 30196 |
| Konkani | 18 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 | 30120 |
| Tongan | 17 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 | 30247 |
| Hungarian | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -25 | 30092 |
| Armenian | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1 | 30012 |
| German | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -4 | 30077 |
| Afrikaans | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -2 | 30005 |
| Macedonian | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -2 | 30137 |
| Yoruba | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 30267 |
| Creole, nfd | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 30044 |
| Fijian Hindustani | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 | 30065 |
| Bisaya | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 30028 |
| Māori (Cook Island) | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -2 | 30147 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes languages with fewer than 10 people speaking them at home.
| Language spoken at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| City of Casey - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Mornington Peninsula Shire | Number | % | Mornington Peninsula Shire | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 14,537 | 52.2 | 90.0 | 13,264 | 66.3 | 92.3 | +1,273 | 60500 |
| Non-English total | 11,400 | 40.9 | 5.4 | 5,483 | 27.4 | 3.5 | +5,917 | 60510 |
| Not stated | 1,904 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 1,255 | 6.3 | 4.2 | +649 | 60520 |
| Total people | 27,841 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,002 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,839 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Casey in 2021 compared to Mornington Peninsula Shire shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 52.2% of children aged 0 to 4 years spoke English only, and 40.9% spoke a non-English language, compared with 90.0% and 5.4% respectively for Mornington Peninsula Shire.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Casey was Punjabi, with 7.3% of the population, or 2,023 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 0 to 4 years of the City of Casey and Mornington Peninsula Shire in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Punjabi at home (7.3% compared to 0.1%)
- A larger percentage speaking Hazaraghi at home (4.5% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage speaking Sinhalese at home (2.9% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage speaking Dari at home (2.2% compared to 0.0%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of children aged 0 to 4 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 5,917 or 107.9%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 1,273 or 9.6%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Casey between 2011 and 2021 were for those speaking:
- Punjabi (+1,769 persons)
- Hazaraghi (+1,094 persons)
- Mandarin (+369 persons)
- Sinhalese (+363 persons)