3.2% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Numurkah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Numurkah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.2% of people in Numurkah use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the town's linguistic profile very uniform, with nearly 89% of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few residents speak little or no English (0.5%), a figure well below the Victorian average. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken at home are Mandarin, Tagalog, and Italian, though these are each spoken by less than 1% of the population.
0.5% ▲ +169.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Numurkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216021413/numurkah/topic/language