8.2% ▲ +150.7%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Southern Mallee · Council (LGA)
Language in Southern Mallee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 8.2% of people in Southern Mallee use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the region remains overwhelmingly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.3% of residents, though the share of people using another language at home rose 5.0 percentage points since 2011. Only 1.1% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.1% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Southern Mallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47290/southern-mallee/topic/language