3.2% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avenel · Suburb / Locality
Language in Avenel
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in Avenel, where only 3.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place where very few residents need translation services for daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 93.1% of people speak only English at home, which is much lower than the 27.6% seen across Victoria. While a tiny number of people speak Greek or Vietnamese, only 0.5% of the population speak little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -59.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Avenel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20086/avenel/topic/language