3.0% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Golden Plains · Council (LGA)
Language in Golden Plains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 92.3% of people in Golden Plains. This area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or country, a trend that has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Consistent with this, just 0.3% of people speak little or no English, a rate well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Golden Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22490/golden-plains/topic/language