5.3% ▲ +56.1%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Horsham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Horsham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Horsham than in most similar areas. Only 5.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the community much less linguistically diverse than the typical Australian town.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.5% of the population, and only 0.7% of people speak little or no English. While the use of other languages rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011, Horsham remains well below the Victoria average of 27.6%.
0.7% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011388/horsham/topic/language