4.5% ▲ +125.8%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Echuca · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Echuca
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Echuca compared to most similar areas. Only 4.5% of residents speak another language, a figure that is far below the Victorian and national averages. While this number has risen since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 89.6% of the population, which helps explain why the 0.6% who speak little or no English is well below the state figure. Other languages are rare here, with Tagalog and Italian being the most common non-English tongues at 0.4% and 0.3%.
0.6% ▲ +67.0%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Echuca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216011406/echuca/topic/language