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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 10.0% of people aged 65 years or more in Nillumbik Shire spoke a language other than English at home.
Nillumbik Shire'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.
Nillumbik Shire'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.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
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| Nillumbik Shire - 65 years or more | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | Yarra Ranges Shire | Number | % | Yarra Ranges Shire | 2016 to 2021 |
| Italian | 276 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 260 | 3.2 | 2.4 | +16 |
| Greek | 103 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 90 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +13 |
| German | 76 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 82 | 1.0 | 1.6 | -6 |
| Macedonian | 69 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 51 | 0.6 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Arabic | 51 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +31 |
| Croatian | 42 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +6 |
| Mandarin | 42 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 29 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +13 |
| Cantonese | 40 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 32 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Dutch | 26 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 29 | 0.4 | 1.7 | -3 |
| Spanish | 23 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +3 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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| Nillumbik Shire - 65 years or more | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Yarra Ranges Shire | Number | % | Yarra Ranges Shire | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 8,981 | 86.1 | 88.3 | 6,700 | 83.3 | 84.1 | +2,281 |
| Non-English total | 1,045 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 874 | 10.9 | 9.1 | +171 |
| Not stated | 407 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 467 | 5.8 | 6.8 | -60 |
| Total people | 10,433 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,041 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,392 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by people aged 65 years or more in Nillumbik Shire in 2021 compared to Yarra Ranges Shire 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, 86.1% of people aged 65 years or more spoke English only, and 10.0% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 88.3% and 7.5% respectively for Yarra Ranges Shire.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by people aged 65 years or more in Nillumbik Shire was Italian, with 2.6% of the population, or 276 people speaking this language at home.
There were no major differences between Nillumbik Shire and Yarra Ranges Shire in 2021.
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people aged 65 years or more who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 171 or 19.6%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 2,281 or 34.0%.
There were no major changes for Nillumbik Shire between 2016 and 2021.
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