2.3% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Benambra · Suburb / Locality
Language in Benambra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Benambra, where only 2.3% of people use a different language at home. This is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% and the national average of 22.3%. The area is sparsely populated and reflects a very high level of English usage.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, with 75.7% of the population using it as their sole language. While 0% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%, this result is actually higher than in most similar areas.
0.0% → —
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.
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 Benambra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20205/benambra/topic/language