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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 37.9% of people aged 12 to 25 years in the City of Whittlesea spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Whittlesea'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 Whittlesea'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.
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Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Whittlesea - 12 to 25 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2016 to 2021 |
| Arabic | 2,737 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 2,288 | 6.5 | 2.0 | +449 |
| Punjabi | 1,537 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1,011 | 2.9 | 1.1 | +526 |
| Macedonian | 1,136 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1,233 | 3.5 | 0.4 | -97 |
| Vietnamese | 1,073 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1,085 | 3.1 | 3.0 | -12 |
| Hindi | 731 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 521 | 1.5 | 0.9 | +210 |
| Greek | 700 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 749 | 2.1 | 1.4 | -49 |
| Mandarin | 549 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 822 | 2.3 | 6.6 | -273 |
| Malayalam | 415 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 172 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +243 |
| Italian | 404 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 519 | 1.5 | 0.7 | -115 |
| Tamil | 382 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 357 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +25 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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| City of Whittlesea - 12 to 25 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 22,660 | 57.4 | 64.4 | 20,429 | 58.2 | 62.9 | +2,231 |
| Non-English total | 14,940 | 37.9 | 30.9 | 13,131 | 37.4 | 32.0 | +1,809 |
| Not stated | 1,852 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1,565 | 4.5 | 5.2 | +287 |
| Total people | 39,452 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 35,125 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,327 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by people aged 12 to 25 years in the City of Whittlesea 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, 57.4% of people aged 12 to 25 years spoke English only, and 37.9% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 64.4% and 30.9% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by people aged 12 to 25 years in the City of Whittlesea was Arabic, with 6.9% of the population, or 2,737 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for people aged 12 to 25 years of the City of Whittlesea and Greater Melbourne in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Arabic at home (6.9% compared to 2.2%)
- A larger percentage speaking Macedonian at home (2.9% compared to 0.4%)
- A larger percentage speaking Punjabi at home (3.9% compared to 1.7%)
- A smaller percentage speaking Mandarin at home (1.4% compared to 4.5%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people aged 12 to 25 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 1,809 or 13.8%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 2,231 or 10.9%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of people aged 12 to 25 years in the City of Whittlesea between 2016 and 2021 were for those speaking:
- Punjabi (+526 persons)
- Arabic (+449 persons)
- Mandarin (-273 persons)
- Nepali (+245 persons)
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