3.4% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Portland · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Portland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Portland, where only 3.4% of people use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the Victorian and national averages. This pattern has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 90.2% of residents speak only English, with the number of people using other languages at home far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.2%.
0.2% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217011422/portland/topic/language