5.2% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gisborne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Gisborne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.7% of people in Gisborne. This is a very high figure compared to the rest of the state, where only 5.2% of residents speak a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.2% of people use another language at home, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 27.6% and has barely changed since 2011. Consistent with this, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.4% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Gisborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210021232/gisborne/topic/language