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Greenvale - Yuroke

Language used at home

In Greenvale - Yuroke, 45.4% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Greenvale - Yuroke'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.

Greenvale - Yuroke'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
Greenvale - Yuroke - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Hume City %Number%Hume City %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only10,97050.745.28,41953.049.4+2,551
Non-English total9,81445.448.86,89443.444.8+2,919
Not stated8513.96.05663.65.8+285
Total Population21,636100.0100.015,881100.0100.0+5,755
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Greenvale - Yuroke - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Hume City %Number%Hume City %2016 to 2021
Turkish1,8908.76.11,1187.06.8+772
Arabic1,7698.29.31,0496.68.3+720
Italian1,2395.72.01,4178.92.9-178
Assyrian/Aramaic9914.66.67074.56.0+284
Sinhalese4682.21.62681.71.6+199
Greek3851.81.13642.31.4+22
Urdu3041.42.2770.51.3+227
Filipino/Tagalog2081.01.11210.81.1+86
Hindi1930.91.71460.91.4+47
Malayalam1750.80.6870.60.5+87
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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 Greenvale - Yuroke in 2021 compared to Hume City 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, 50.7% of the population used English only, and 45.4% used a non-English language, compared with 45.2% and 48.8% respectively for Hume City.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Greenvale - Yuroke was Turkish, with 8.7% of the population, or 1,890 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Greenvale - Yuroke and Hume City in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Italian at home (5.7% compared to 2.0%)
  • A larger percentage using Turkish at home (8.7% compared to 6.1%)
  • A smaller percentage using Punjabi at home (0.5% compared to 5.2%)
  • A smaller percentage using Assyrian/Aramaic at home (4.6% compared to 6.6%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 2,920 or 42.4%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 2,551 or 30.3%.

The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Greenvale - Yuroke between 2016 and 2021 were for those using:

  • Turkish (+772 persons)
  • Arabic (+720 persons)
  • Assyrian/Aramaic (+284 persons)
  • Urdu (+227 persons)

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