5.2% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moira · Council (LGA)
Language in Moira
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 87.5% of people at home in Moira. This means only 5.2% of residents use another language, a figure that is far below the Victorian and national averages but has remained steady since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria. While the typical resident speaks English, around 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a rate that is higher than most similar areas.
1.0% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 Moira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24900/moira/topic/language