4.0% ▲ +157.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Eaglehawk · Suburb / Locality
Language in Eaglehawk
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.5% of people in Eaglehawk, making it a place where very few residents use a different language at home. Only 4% of the population speaks a language other than English, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While only 4% of people use another language at home, this is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. Despite this, 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
1.2% ▲ +178.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Eaglehawk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20823/eaglehawk/topic/language