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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 52.0% of the population born overseas 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 overseas-born population who speak a language at home other than English. They indicate how linguistically diverse a population is, and whether most migrants are from English speaking countries or non-English speaking countries. This topic also shows those languages spoken specifically by the first-generation migrants (those born overseas) so as to separate them from those born in Australia who speak another language.
Some countries, such as India, have a variety of languages spoken there, so the language spoken can indicate the region of the country of origin. Languages such as Arabic and Spanish are spoken in a range of different countries.
The City of Stonnington's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
'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 - born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language | Number | % | City of Monash | Number | % | City of Monash | 2016 to 2021 |
Mandarin | 4,139 | 12.6 | 24.8 | 4,568 | 13.9 | 26.0 | -429 |
Greek | 1,499 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 1,626 | 5.0 | 5.3 | -127 |
Cantonese | 1,101 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 1,218 | 3.7 | 7.9 | -117 |
Spanish | 1,006 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 760 | 2.3 | 0.8 | +246 |
Hindi | 702 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 811 | 2.5 | 3.1 | -109 |
Russian | 602 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 685 | 2.1 | 0.9 | -83 |
French | 513 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 567 | 1.7 | 0.7 | -54 |
Vietnamese | 473 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 457 | 1.4 | 2.3 | +16 |
Italian | 468 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 574 | 1.8 | 2.6 | -106 |
Indonesian | 343 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 438 | 1.3 | 1.7 | -95 |
Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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City of Stonnington - born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | City of Monash | Number | % | City of Monash | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 15,547 | 47.3 | 19.8 | 14,183 | 43.3 | 19.4 | +1,364 |
Non-English total | 17,104 | 52.0 | 79.4 | 18,449 | 56.3 | 80.2 | -1,345 |
Not stated | 236 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 117 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +119 |
Total people | 32,887 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 32,749 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +138 |
Analysis of the language spoken at home by the population born overseas in the City of Stonnington in 2021 compared to City of Monash shows that there was a larger proportion of people who spoke English only, and a smaller proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 47.3% of the population born overseas spoke English only, and 52.0%% spoke a non-English language, compared with 19.8% and 79.4% respectively for City of Monash.
The dominant language spoken at home by the population born overseas, other than English, in the City of Stonnington was Mandarin, with 12.6% of the population, or 4,139 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the population born overseas in the City of Stonnington and City of Monash were:
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of the population born overseas who spoke a language other than English at home decreased by 1,345 or 7.3%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 1,364 or 9.6%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of the population in the City of Stonnington between 2016 and 2021 were for those speaking:
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