Flinders · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Flinders

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 3% of people in Flinders use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia, with a pattern that has barely changed since 2011.

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📍 Flinders, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 89.2% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is among the lowest in the country at just 0.2%.

3.0% ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 3.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.2% ▼ -46.3%

Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

Language used at home

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In Flinders, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/214021378/flinders/topic/language