2.8% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarram · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Yarram
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 2.8% of people in Yarram use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country. These figures have remained almost exactly the same over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.8% of residents, while only 0.4% of people speak little or no English. This is well below the Victorian average of 4.4% and has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Yarram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051104/yarram/topic/language