City of Maroondah
Recent arrivals - Language spoken at home
In 2016, 85.3% of recent overseas arrivals in 2016, spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Maroondah's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in the City of Maroondah compared to [Parameter].[BMACOIIDLabel].
The City of Maroondah'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
People born overseas and arriving in Australia between 2016 and 10 Aug 2021
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Maroondah - Recent arrivals | 2016 | ||||||
| Language | Number | % | [Toggles].[BMACOIIDDisplayLabel] | ||||
| Mandarin | 1,020 | 22.9 | 4.3 | 30144 | |||
| Chin Haka | 304 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 30041 | |||
| Zomi | 231 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 30268 | |||
| Persian (excluding Dari) | 227 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 30192 | |||
| Cantonese | 178 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 30035 | |||
| Hindi | 167 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 30088 | |||
| Burmese and Related Languages, nec | 150 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 30033 | |||
| Punjabi | 136 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 30198 | |||
| Sinhalese | 126 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 30215 | |||
| Burmese | 99 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 30032 | |||
| Arabic | 70 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 30011 | |||
| Nepali | 67 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 30162 | |||
| Tamil | 60 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 30235 | |||
| Karen | 59 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 30112 | |||
| Vietnamese | 58 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 30260 | |||
| Malayalam | 56 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 30141 | |||
| Tagalog | 55 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 30232 | |||
| Telugu | 53 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 30237 | |||
| Spanish | 53 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 30227 | |||
| Thai | 48 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 30239 | |||
| Filipino | 48 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 30066 | |||
| Urdu | 44 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 30257 | |||
| Marathi | 43 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 30149 | |||
| Korean | 39 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 30121 | |||
| Gujarati | 39 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 30081 | |||
| Kannada | 34 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 30111 | |||
| Afrikaans | 33 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 30005 | |||
| Indonesian | 31 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 30103 | |||
| Burmese and Related Languages, nfd | 23 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 30034 | |||
| Tibetan | 17 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 30241 | |||
| Russian | 16 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 30203 | |||
| Chinese, nfd | 16 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 30043 | |||
| Japanese | 15 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30109 | |||
| Portuguese | 13 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30196 | |||
| Turkish | 12 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 30253 | |||
| Italian | 12 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 30108 | |||
| French | 12 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 30070 | |||
| Bengali | 12 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 30026 | |||
| Khmer | 11 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 30115 | |||
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id 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 Maroondah - Recent arrivals | 2016 | ||||||
| Language summary | Number | % | [Toggles].[BMACOIIDDisplayLabel] | ||||
| Speaks English only | 574 | 12.9 | 61.0 | 60500 | |||
| Non-English total | 3,804 | 85.3 | 34.1 | 60510 | |||
| Not stated | 79 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 60520 | |||
| Total people | 4,457 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in the City of Maroondah in 2016 compared to [Parameter].[BMACOIIDLabel] 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, 12.9% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 85.3% spoke a non-English language, compared with 61.0% and 34.1% respectively for [Parameter].[BMACOIIDLabel].
The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in the City of Maroondah was Mandarin, with 22.9% of the population, or 1,020 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of the City of Maroondah and [Parameter].[BMACOIIDLabel] in 2016 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Mandarin at home (22.9% compared to 4.3%)
- A larger percentage speaking Chin Haka at home (6.8% compared to 0.1%)
- A larger percentage speaking Zomi at home (5.2% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage speaking Persian (excluding Dari) at home (5.1% compared to 0.4%)