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Indigo · Council (LGA)

Language in Indigo

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Indigo compared to most similar areas. Only 2.3% of residents speak another language, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country.

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📍 Indigo, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 91.6% of residents, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Because so few people use other languages, only 0.2% of the population speak little or no English, a rate well below the national average.

People using another language at home

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2.3% ▲ +8.3%

Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▲ +15.7%

Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Indigo, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 91.6% Italian 0.3% Mandarin 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Arabic 0.0% Cantonese 0.0% Greek 0.0%

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 Indigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23350/indigo/topic/language