20.0% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarra · Council (LGA)
Language in Yarra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 74.8% of people in Yarra. While many residents speak other languages, the share of people doing so has fallen to 20.0% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About one in five people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most areas, though still well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Around 4.1% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
4.1% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27350/yarra/topic/language