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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 22.2% of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Stonnington spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Stonnington'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.
The City of Stonnington'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.
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
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City of Stonnington - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language | Number | % | City of Stonnington - Total population | Number | % | City of Stonnington - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
Mandarin | 187 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 159 | 3.6 | 4.8 | +28 |
Non-verbal, so described | 65 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 98 | 2.2 | 0.1 | -33 |
Greek | 57 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 54 | 1.2 | 3.4 | +3 |
Cantonese | 55 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 38 | 0.9 | 1.4 | +17 |
Spanish | 52 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 44 | 1.0 | 0.9 | +8 |
French | 51 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 65 | 1.5 | 0.8 | -14 |
Hindi | 31 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 48 | 1.1 | 0.8 | -17 |
Italian | 26 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 35 | 0.8 | 1.2 | -9 |
Indonesian | 23 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +8 |
German | 22 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 19 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +3 |
Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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City of Stonnington - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | City of Stonnington - Total population | Number | % | City of Stonnington - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 2,886 | 73.0 | 73.1 | 3,126 | 71.7 | 69.5 | -240 |
Non-English total | 877 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 941 | 21.6 | 23.2 | -64 |
Not stated | 191 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 295 | 6.8 | 7.3 | -104 |
Total people | 3,954 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,362 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -408 |
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Stonnington in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Stonnington shows that there was a similar proportion of people who spoke English only, as well as a similar proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 73.0% of children aged 0 to 4 years spoke English only, and 22.2% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 73.1% and 22.2% respectively for the total population in the City of Stonnington.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Stonnington was Mandarin, with 4.7% of the population, or 187 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 0 to 4 years of the City of Stonnington and the total population in the City of Stonnington in 2021 were:
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children aged 0 to 4 years who spoke a language other than English at home decreased by 64 or 6.8%, and the number of people who spoke English only decreased by 240 or 7.7%.
There were no major changes for the City of Stonnington between 2016 and 2021.
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