4.7% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Upper Goulburn Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Upper Goulburn Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken exclusively in 87.5% of homes across Upper Goulburn Valley. This area has far fewer people using other languages than most parts of the state, making it one of the more linguistically uniform regions in Victoria.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.7% of people use another language at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that very few residents—just 0.5%—speak little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Upper Goulburn Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20401/upper-goulburn-valley/topic/language