10.7% ▲ +55.1%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lara · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Lara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as similar areas, Lara is a place where most people speak only English. While 10.7% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.2% of people, though other spoken languages include Punjabi, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Only 1.1% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is well below the state average.
1.1% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 Lara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021043/lara/topic/language