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Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square

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

English is the dominant tongue for most people in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, where 86.2% of residents speak only English at home. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state average, the number of people using a language other than English has risen to 7.5%.

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📍 Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 7.5% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This figure has risen since 2011, though the proportion of people who speak little or no English remains low at 1.7%.

People using another language at home

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7.5% ▲ +154.8%

Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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1.7% ▲ +20.0%

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, English only is the majority at 97%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 86.2% Punjabi 0.6% Mandarin 0.5% Tagalog 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3% Greek 0.2% Hindi 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Italian 0.1% Arabic 0.1%

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 Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011022/kangaroo-flat-golden-square/topic/language