1.3% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Language in Avoca
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Avoca, where far fewer people speak a different language at home than in most similar areas. Only 1.3% of the population uses a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 91.1% of residents. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian average at just 0.2%.
0.2% ▼ -47.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Avoca
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20087/avoca/topic/language