8.0% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarra Ranges · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Yarra Ranges
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Yarra Ranges compared to most other areas. English is the dominant tongue here, with 88.3% of residents using only English at home. While there is a small increase in linguistic diversity, the area remains much more linguistically uniform than the rest of Victoria.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.0% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is a slight increase from 6.0% in 2011, and it is consistent with a very low rate of people who speak little or no English at 1.2%.
1.2% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Yarra Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21105/yarra-ranges/topic/language