5.8% ▲ +90.5%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Colac Otway · Council (LGA)
Language in Colac Otway
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.7% of people in Colac Otway, making it the dominant tongue in the region. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 5.8%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Meanwhile, the 1.3% of people who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, though still well below the state average.
1.3% ▲ +97.5%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Colac Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21750/colac-otway/topic/language