Figure 3: Respondent Language
80%
English
70%
Other
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2014
2010
2006
For those survey respondents who preferred to speak or read in a language other than English, the most preferred languages were
Persian (12.2%), Arabic (11%) and Tamil (6.7%).
Table 7: Main non-English languages used and preferred
Main non-English Languages Used
No.
Proportion of Survey
Respondents
City of
Whittlesea
Persian
31
12.2%
0.3%
Arabic
28
11.0%
1.5%
Tamil
17
6.7%
1.8%
Italian
2
0.7%
3.0%
Punjab
1
0.4%
1.4%
Croatian
1
0.4%
0.3%
Chinese
1
0.4%
1.1%
Macedonian
1
0.4%
2.8%
Serbian
1
0.4%
0.2%
Hindi
1
0.4%
1.6%
23