23.6% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Diggers Rest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Diggers Rest
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Diggers Rest than in most similar areas. While 23.6% of residents use another language at home, the vast majority—72%—speak only English. This makes the area slightly more diverse than the national average, though it is less so than the Victorian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common non-English language spoken here at 5.2%, followed by Hindi and Italian at 1.5%. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 1.9% speaking little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.9% —
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Diggers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210041539/diggers-rest/topic/language