Robinvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Robinvale

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

More than 41% of people in Robinvale now use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 8.7 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both Victoria and the rest of Australia.

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📍 Robinvale, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 41.7% of residents speak a language other than English, with Vietnamese (6.3%) and Mandarin (6.2%) being the most common after English. This diversity is reflected in the 18% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and has doubled since 2016.

41.7% ▲ +26.2%

Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 33.0%
  • 2016: 30.7%
  • 2021: 41.7%

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

18.0% ▲ +94.5%

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 18.0%

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 Robinvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031403/robinvale/topic/language