Amherst · Suburb / Locality

Language in Amherst

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

Zero per cent of people in Amherst use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most of Victoria and the rest of Australia.

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📍 Amherst, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken in 79.4% of homes. The proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and the number of people who speak little or no English is well below the Victorian average.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Amherst, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Amherst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20039/amherst/topic/language