8.0% ▲ +32.5%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarra Ranges · Council (LGA)
Language in Yarra Ranges
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Yarra Ranges compared to the rest of the state. While 8% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Most people here speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.3% of residents. Those who speak little or no English make up just 1.2% of the population, which is well below the state average, though this figure has risen slightly since 2011.
1.2% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27450/yarra-ranges/topic/language