6.6% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Latrobe · Council (LGA)
Language in Latrobe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Latrobe compared to the rest of Victoria. Only 6.6% of residents use another language at home, which is a huge gap compared to the 27.6% seen across the state. This pattern has remained steady for over a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 86.0% of people here. While 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, this is a little below the national figure of 3.4% and well below the state average.
1.0% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Latrobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23810/latrobe/topic/language