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Central Highlands - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Central Highlands - West

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

Just 3.2% of people in Central Highlands - West speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country. The trend has remained steady over the last decade.

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📍 Central Highlands - West, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 82.7% of residents, and only 0.3% of the population speak little or no English. This is well below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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3.2% ▲ +10.3%

Lower than 89% 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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0.3% ▲ +16.1%

Lower than 84% 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 Central Highlands - West, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

English only 82.7% Tagalog 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Mandarin 0.1% Italian 0.0%

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 Central Highlands - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308011191/central-highlands-west/topic/language