4.8% ▲ +76.1%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Grampians · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Grampians
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Grampians than in most similar areas. Only 4.8% of residents speak another language, a figure that sits far below the Victorian and national averages. This makes the area one of the most linguistically uniform regions in the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.3% of the population, and the 4.8% who speak another language represents a 2.1 point increase since 2011. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.8% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%.
0.8% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21501/grampians/topic/language