Eastern Metropolitan

General information

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The Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) includes the established inner suburban areas of Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell, a strong middle suburban band characterised by Balwyn, Blackburn and Mt Waverley through to large outer metropolitan suburbs such as Ringwood and Boronia. Beyond the outer suburbs are semi-rural and rural townships such as, Healesville, Monbulk and Warburton.

About 956,534 live in EMR, representing 19.6 per cent of Victoria’s population. At least 18 per cent of the population was born overseas in a non-English speaking country, and 20 per cent speak a language other than English, with Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Italian and Mandarin foremost.

Municipalities

The Eastern Metropolitan Region contains seven municipalities:

Regional EthnicCommunities’ Councils/Migrant Resource Centre’s:

Diversity in the Region

At least 18 per cent of the population in EMR was born overseas in a non-English speaking country, and 20 per cent speak a language other than English, with Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Italian and Mandarin foremost.

Language spoken at home, Eastern Metro

Language spoken at home	# people	% people
English	706,697	74
LOTE	211,923	22
Not stated	37,910	4
TOTAL	956,530	100%

Prepared by OMAC with special tables from ABS 2006 Census (July 2011).

Country of birth, Barwon- Eastern Metro

Country of birth	# people	% people
Australia	645,353	67
Other English speaking countries	61,757	6
Main non-English speaking countries	155263	16
Other countries*	44,482	5
Not stated	49,675	5

TOTAL	956,530	100%

Proficiency in Spoken English by Eastern Metropolitan Region, Victoria, 2006 Census

English Proficiency	Eastern Region
Speaks English only	706,698
Speaks another language and speaks English
Very well	122,933
Well	56,569
Not well	25,844
Not at all	6,281
Not stated - (both language and proficiency not stated)	35,112
Not stated - (language stated, proficiency not stated)	3,097
Total Persons	956,534

*Minor differences in population totals between the tables are due to the need to assign a value of '0' or '3' to cases where the cell count is less than 3 in order to maintain confidentiality.