6.7% ▲ +175.7%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stawell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Stawell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Stawell, where only 6.7% of people use another tongue at home. While this is far below the national figure, the proportion of people speaking a non-English language has more than doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, with the typical household far less likely to use another language than those across Victoria or Australia. This helps explain why very few people—just 1.3%—speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▲ +114.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011392/stawell/topic/language