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Language used at home

In Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport, 33.6% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport'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.

Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport'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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Derived from the Census question:

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

Language used at home - Summary
Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Language summaryNumber%Coolaroo %Number%Coolaroo %2001 to 2021
Speaks English only4,05160.533.43,99559.949.4+56
Non-English total2,24633.658.42,30634.645.1-60
Not stated3996.08.23715.65.5+28
Total Population6,693100.0100.06,672100.0100.0+21
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Coolaroo %Number%Coolaroo %2001 to 2021
Arabic4596.914.12764.18.8+183
Italian3214.80.96109.11.6-289
Greek2623.90.83745.61.5-112
Assyrian/Aramaic1061.610.11111.74.1-5
Turkish941.411.1851.316.9+9
Filipino/Tagalog811.20.7440.70.7+37
Samoan691.00.3200.30.9+49
Urdu630.94.060.1--+57
Punjabi580.90.8100.10.1+48
Sinhalese570.90.2290.40.2+28
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport in 2021 compared to Coolaroo 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, 60.5% of the population used English only, and 33.6% used a non-English language, compared with 33.4% and 58.4% respectively for Coolaroo.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport was Arabic, with 6.9% of the population, or 459 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport and Coolaroo in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Italian at home (4.8% compared to 0.9%)
  • A smaller percentage using Turkish at home (1.4% compared to 11.1%)
  • A smaller percentage using Assyrian/Aramaic at home (1.6% compared to 10.1%)
  • A smaller percentage using Arabic at home (6.9% compared to 14.1%)

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home decreased by 60 or 2.6%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 56 or 1.4%.

The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport between 2001 and 2021 were for those using:

  • Italian (-289 persons)
  • Arabic (+183 persons)
  • Greek (-112 persons)
  • Croatian (-59 persons)

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