25.1% ▲ +284.2%
Higher than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
La Trobe · Federal Electorate
Language in La Trobe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rapid shift in diversity has seen the share of people using another language at home in La Trobe jump 19 percentage points since 2011. Now, one in four residents speaks a language other than English, which is a little above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.1% of people use another language at home, with Punjabi being the most common non-English language at 4.1%. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is low at 2.7%.
2.7% ▲ +77.8%
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in La Trobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED227/la-trobe/topic/language