6.7% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Curlewis · Suburb / Locality
Language in Curlewis
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Curlewis and the rest of the country, as only 6.7% of people here use a language other than English at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.2% of residents. Only 0.6% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian figure and a little below the national average.
0.6% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Curlewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20697/curlewis/topic/language