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Scoresby, Knox

The languages of Scoresby

At the 2021 Census, 37 per cent of residents in Scoresby spoke a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin. Scoresby's share is above Victoria, at 1.4 times the rate. Residents born overseas most often come from China.

Residents
5,951
Speak another language
36.6%+20.5%
Languages spoken
56
Born overseas
39.1%

What languages are spoken in Scoresby?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    551+31.5%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    279+19.7%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese
    220-2.2%
  4. 04
    Tamil
    94+6.8%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    80+73.9%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    79-2.5%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    73-5.2%
  8. 08
    Greek
    62+17.0%
  9. 09
    Italian
    59+13.5%
  10. 10
    Marathi
    52+206%

Where were Scoresby's residents born?

China is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    368+26.9%
  2. 02
    India
    308+32.8%
  3. 03
    Sri Lanka
    267+10.8%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    250+23.8%
  5. 05
    England
    154-7.2%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    99-3.9%
  7. 07
    Singapore
    83+62.7%
  8. 08
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    79+17.9%
  9. 09
    Vietnam
    73+25.9%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    61+15.1%

Is Scoresby more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is 1.7 times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Scoresby
36.6%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Scoresby's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,557-17.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,125+24.9%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    467+16.8%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    371+53.9%
  5. 05
    Islam
    121+36.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    5+66.7%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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