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Shepparton Surrounds - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Shepparton Surrounds - East

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

English is the dominant language for daily life in Shepparton Surrounds - East, where 87% of people speak only English at home. Very few residents require translation services or speak another language, making the area much less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Shepparton Surrounds - East, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. This includes small numbers of Punjabi and Italian speakers, and while this proportion rose 2.0 percentage points since 2011, those who speak little or no English still make up a tiny 0.8% of the population.

People using another language at home

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5.4% ▲ +59.4%

Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.8% ▲ +112.4%

Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Shepparton Surrounds - East, English only is the majority at 97%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 87.0% Punjabi 1.0% Italian 0.9% Arabic 0.6% Hindi 0.2% Greek 0.1% Mandarin 0.1%

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 Shepparton Surrounds - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216031418/shepparton-surrounds-east/topic/language