Anglesea · Suburb / Locality

Language in Anglesea

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

A huge gap exists between Anglesea and the wider community, with only 3.4% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it an area where English is overwhelmingly the primary language.

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📍 Anglesea, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90.7% of residents speak only English at home. While 0.2% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.

3.4% ▲ +63.4%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 3.4%

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

0.2% ▼ -9.3%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

Language used at home

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In Anglesea, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20046/anglesea/topic/language