5.2% ▲ +116.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Congupna · Suburb / Locality
Language in Congupna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Congupna, where 90.3% of people speak only English at home. While this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% for people using another language, the area actually has a higher proportion of multi-language speakers than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.2% of residents use a language other than English, with Punjabi (1.8%) and Italian (0.8%) being the most common. Only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the state average.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Congupna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20620/congupna/topic/language