4.1% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lakes Entrance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Lakes Entrance
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a foreign language in Lakes Entrance compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is a massive gap compared to the Victorian average of 27.6%. This pattern has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.4% of people here, while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.4% of the population. This is well below the national figure of 3.4% and is much lower than most other similar areas.
0.4% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021084/lakes-entrance/topic/language