6.6% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Latrobe Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Latrobe Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very little has changed in the languages spoken across Latrobe Valley since 2011. English remains the dominant tongue, with only 6.6% of people using another language at home. This is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 86% of residents, and the percentage of people using another language is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 1% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
1.0% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Latrobe Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20504/latrobe-valley/topic/language