City of Manningham
Age groups - Language spoken at home
In 2021, 33.8% of children aged 12 to 17 years in City of Manningham spoke a language other than English at home.
City of Manningham'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.
City of Manningham'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 12 to 17 years
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| City of Manningham - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Mandarin | 931 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 565 | 6.7 | 2.2 | +366 | 30144 |
| Cantonese | 461 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 703 | 8.3 | 1.8 | -242 | 30035 |
| Greek | 354 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 452 | 5.3 | 1.8 | -98 | 30080 |
| Persian (excluding Dari) | 237 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 92 | 1.1 | 0.2 | +145 | 30192 |
| Arabic | 161 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 136 | 1.6 | 2.2 | +25 | 30011 |
| Korean | 83 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 82 | 1.0 | 0.3 | +1 | 30121 |
| Italian | 82 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 145 | 1.7 | 1.0 | -63 | 30108 |
| Urdu | 63 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +49 | 30257 |
| Hindi | 55 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 33 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +22 | 30088 |
| Vietnamese | 52 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 69 | 0.8 | 2.8 | -17 | 30260 |
| Indonesian | 38 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +21 | 30103 |
| Punjabi | 34 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 27 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +7 | 30198 |
| Tamil | 30 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +18 | 30235 |
| Japanese | 27 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +12 | 30109 |
| Spanish | 21 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +1 | 30227 |
| Macedonian | 20 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +7 | 30137 |
| Sinhalese | 18 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -1 | 30215 |
| Afrikaans | 18 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 43 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -25 | 30005 |
| Gujarati | 16 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +8 | 30081 |
| Albanian | 14 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -6 | 30007 |
| German | 13 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +4 | 30077 |
| Thai | 13 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 | 30239 |
| Chinese, nfd | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -2 | 30043 |
| Russian | 12 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +8 | 30203 |
| French | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -4 | 30070 |
| Swedish | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +6 | 30230 |
| Malay | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +4 | 30140 |
| Croatian | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -5 | 30045 |
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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 Manningham - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 5,658 | 63.9 | 68.3 | 5,598 | 66.0 | 71.9 | +60 | 60500 |
| Non-English total | 2,992 | 33.8 | 27.4 | 2,721 | 32.1 | 24.4 | +271 | 60510 |
| Not stated | 210 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 163 | 1.9 | 3.7 | +47 | 60520 |
| Total people | 8,860 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,482 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +378 | |
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 12 to 17 years in City of Manningham in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne 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, 63.9% of children aged 12 to 17 years spoke English only, and 33.8% spoke a non-English language, compared with 68.3% and 27.4% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 12 to 17 years in City of Manningham was Mandarin, with 10.5% of the population, or 931 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 12 to 17 years of City of Manningham and Greater Melbourne in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Mandarin at home (10.5% compared to 3.3%)
- A larger percentage speaking Cantonese at home (5.2% compared to 0.9%)
- A larger percentage speaking Greek at home (4.0% compared to 1.4%)
- A larger percentage speaking Persian (excluding Dari) at home (2.7% compared to 0.4%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of children aged 12 to 17 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 271 or 10.0%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 60 or 1.1%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of children aged 12 to 17 years in City of Manningham between 2011 and 2021 were for those speaking:
- Mandarin (+366 persons)
- Cantonese (-242 persons)
- Persian (excluding Dari) (+145 persons)
- Greek (-98 persons)