Buchan · Suburb / Locality

Language in Buchan

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

English is the only language spoken at home by 85.1% of people in Buchan. This small community is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation.

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📍 Buchan, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

No one in Buchan uses another language at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. Similarly, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Buchan, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Buchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20366/buchan/topic/language