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Clare and Gilbert Valleys · Council (LGA)

Language in Clare and Gilbert Valleys

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language for daily life in Clare and Gilbert Valleys, with 91.5% of people using it as their only language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country, though the number of people using other languages has risen slightly over the last decade.

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📍 Clare and Gilbert Valleys, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that very few people—just 0.3%—speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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2.8% ▲ +56.5%

Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▲ +76.8%

Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Clare and Gilbert Valleys, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi is next at 0%.

English only 91.5% Punjabi 0.4% Tagalog 0.3% Italian 0.2% Mandarin 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Greek 0.0%

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 Clare and Gilbert Valleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA41140/clare-and-gilbert-valleys/topic/language