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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Geelong West - Manifold Heights, 12.5% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
Geelong West - Manifold Heights'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.
Geelong West - Manifold Heights'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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Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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Geelong West - Manifold Heights - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | Bell Post Hill % | Number | % | Bell Post Hill % | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 8,400 | 83.8 | 68.9 | 7,903 | 82.2 | 66.2 | +497 |
Non-English total | 1,258 | 12.5 | 26.2 | 1,156 | 12.0 | 27.9 | +102 |
Not stated | 368 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 555 | 5.8 | 5.9 | -187 |
Total Population | 10,026 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9,614 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +412 |
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Geelong West - Manifold Heights in 2021 compared to Bell Post Hill shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a smaller proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 83.8% of the population used English only, and 12.5% used a non-English language, compared with 68.9% and 26.2% respectively for Bell Post Hill.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Geelong West - Manifold Heights was Italian, with 1.9% of the population, or 191 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Geelong West - Manifold Heights and Bell Post Hill in 2021 were:
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 102 or 8.8%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 497 or 6.3%.
There were no major differences in Geelong West - Manifold Heights between 2016 and 2021.
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