6.8% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Portarlington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Portarlington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6.8% of people in Portarlington use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. The area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used by 85.6% of residents, while Greek and Italian are the most common other languages. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.8% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian figure.
0.8% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031051/portarlington/topic/language