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Southern Midlands · Council (LGA)

Language in Southern Midlands

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

English is the ownly language spoken in the vast majority of homes across Southern Midlands, with only 1.4% of people using another tongue. This makes the area one of the least linguistically diverse in the region, a trend that has barely changed over the last decade.

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📍 Southern Midlands, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks only English, at 90.9%, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% for other languages. This explains why the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas, sitting at just 0.1%.

People using another language at home

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1.4% ▲ +29.1%

Lower than 98% 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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0.1% ▲ +111.7%

Lower than 89% 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 Southern Midlands, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 90.9% Mandarin 0.2% Italian 0.2% Tagalog 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 Southern Midlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA65010/southern-midlands/topic/language