3.6% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Benalla · Council (LGA)
Language in Benalla
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the overwhelming primary language for daily life in Benalla, where only 3.6% of residents use another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 88.1% of people speak only English, and the proportion using another language has barely changed since 2011. Very few people—just 0.3%—speak little or no English, which is well below the 3.4% national figure.
0.3% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21010/benalla/topic/language