4.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blairgowrie · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Blairgowrie compared to the rest of the country. While this is higher than some similar areas, only 4.7% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87% of residents, and only 0.3% speak little or no English. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
4.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Blairgowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20257/blairgowrie/topic/language