3.9% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Language in South Gippsland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 3.9% of people in South Gippsland use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, a pattern that has remained steady for a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 89.6% of the population, and only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English. This is well below the Victorian average, and the small number of people who struggle with English has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 South Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26170/south-gippsland/topic/language