23.9% ▲ +72.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Diggers Rest · Suburb / Locality
Language in Diggers Rest
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little more than one in five people in Diggers Rest speak a language other than English at home, which is a little above the national figure. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian average. This reflects a diverse mix of residents in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.9% of people use another language at home, with Punjabi being the most common non-English language at 4.8%. Only 2.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below both the state and national figures.
2.0% ▲ +48.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Diggers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20754/diggers-rest/topic/language