4.1% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Leongatha · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Leongatha
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4.1% of people in Leongatha use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia. This pattern has remained steady since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost 90% of residents speak only English, with Italian being the most common other language at 0.7%. Only 0.6% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%.
0.6% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Leongatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205031090/leongatha/topic/language