6.6% ▲ +48.6%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Seymour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Seymour
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6.6% of people in Seymour use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the town much less linguistically diverse than most other areas in Victoria and Australia. While the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 84.8% of residents, leaving very few people who speak little or no English at 1.1%. Outside of English, the most common languages are Mandarin at 1.8% and Tagalog at 0.6%.
1.1% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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 Seymour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011059/seymour/topic/language