8.3% ▲ +63.8%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mallee · Federal Electorate
Language in Mallee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Mallee compared to most other areas. While 8.3% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the proportion of people using a non-English language has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 83.9% of residents, which is far below the Victorian average of 27.6% for those using other languages. Only 2.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has risen slightly since 2016.
2.2% ▲ +131.9%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Mallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED230/mallee/topic/language