Avondale Heights
Language used at home
In Avondale Heights, 50.7822 of people used a language other than English at home in 2016.
Avondale 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.
Avondale 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.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Avondale Heights - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Travancore % | Number | % | Travancore % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| Speaks English only | 5,145 | 44.2 | 41.4 | 36500 | 4,674 | 42.2 | 67.5 | +471 |
 Non-English total | 5,908 | 50.8 | 50.7 | 36501 | 5,947 | 53.6 | 23.0 | -39 |
| Not stated | 581 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 36502 | 465 | 4.2 | 9.5 | +116 |
| Total Population | 11,634 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,086 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +548 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Avondale Heights - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Travancore % | Number | % | Travancore % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| Italian | 1,643 | 14.1 | 2.0 | 36022 | 2,019 | 18.2 | 2.9 | -376 |
| Vietnamese | 776 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 36037 | 647 | 5.8 | 0.8 | +129 |
| Greek | 641 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 36015 | 643 | 5.8 | 2.0 | -2 |
| Cantonese | 392 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 36006 | 480 | 4.3 | 5.2 | -88 |
| Croatian | 325 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 36009 | 324 | 2.9 | 0.3 | +1 |
| Arabic | 240 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 36004 | 224 | 2.0 | 1.1 | +16 |
| Spanish | 192 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 36034 | 182 | 1.6 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Macedonian | 191 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 36026 | 225 | 2.0 | -- | -34 |
| Mandarin | 176 | 1.5 | 14.0 | 36007 | 113 | 1.0 | 1.4 | +63 |
| Persian | 142 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 36019 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +134 |
| Maltese | 133 | 1.1 | -- | 36027 | 180 | 1.6 | 0.1 | -47 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 122 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 36011 | 124 | 1.1 | 0.3 | -2 |
| Serbian | 75 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 36032 | 70 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +5 |
| Polish | 66 | 0.6 | -- | 36028 | 74 | 0.7 | 0.3 | -8 |
| Punjabi | 59 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 36088 | 15 | 0.1 | -- | +44 |
| Turkish | 54 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 36036 | 64 | 0.6 | -- | -10 |
| Hindi | 47 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 36016 | 16 | 0.1 | 1.1 | +31 |
| Assyrian/Aramaic | 38 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36048 | 45 | 0.4 | -- | -7 |
| Tamil | 36 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 36035 | 23 | 0.2 | -- | +13 |
| Urdu | 33 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 36108 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.6 | +20 |
| Slovene | 31 | 0.3 | -- | 36093 | 44 | 0.4 | -- | -13 |
| Indonesian | 30 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 36018 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +23 |
| Telugu | 29 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 36099 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +26 |
| Portuguese | 28 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 36029 | 36 | 0.3 | -- | -8 |
| German | 27 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 36014 | 72 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -45 |
| French | 26 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 36013 | 33 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -7 |
| Ukrainian | 22 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 36107 | 26 | 0.2 | 1.2 | -4 |
| Japanese | 19 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 36023 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | +19 |
| Bosnian | 19 | 0.2 | -- | 36051 | 9 | 0.1 | -- | +10 |
| Albanian | 19 | 0.2 | -- | 36045 | 34 | 0.3 | -- | -15 |
| Korean | 18 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 36025 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +4 |
| Thai | 16 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 36102 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +16 |
| Amharic | 15 | 0.1 | -- | 36046 | 11 | 0.1 | -- | +4 |
| Lao | 15 | 0.1 | -- | 36074 | 17 | 0.2 | -- | -2 |
| Malay | 15 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 36076 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +15 |
| Hakka | 14 | 0.1 | -- | 36065 | 6 | 0.1 | -- | +8 |
| Sinhalese | 14 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 36033 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -7 |
| Non-verbal so described | 13 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36082 | 17 | 0.2 | -- | -4 |
| Chinese, nfd | 11 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 36055 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Somali | 11 | 0.1 | -- | 36094 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Avondale Heights in 2016 compared to Travancore shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a similar proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 44.2% of the population used English only, and 50.8 used a non-English language, compared with 41.4% and 50.7% respectively for Travancore.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Avondale Heights was Italian, with 14.1% of the population, or 1,643 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Avondale Heights and Travancore in 2016 were:
- A larger percentage using Italian at home (14.1% compared to 2.0%)
- A larger percentage using Vietnamese at home (6.7% compared to 1.6%)
- A larger percentage using Greek at home (5.5% compared to 0.9%)
- A smaller percentage using Mandarin at home (1.5% compared to 14.0%)
Emerging groups
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of people who used a language other than English at home decreased by 39 or 0.7%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 471 or 10.1%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Avondale Heights between 2006 and 2016 were for those using:
- Italian (-376 persons)
- Persian (+134 persons)
- Vietnamese (+129 persons)
- Cantonese (-88 persons)