Elmore · Suburb / Locality

Language in Elmore

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

Only 3.3% of people in Elmore speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian and national figures. This makes the town much less linguistically diverse than the state average, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.

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📍 Elmore, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 84.8% of residents speak only English at home, and while 0.4% speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas. Outside of English, Arabic is the only other language recorded at 0.4%.

3.3% ▲ +30.1%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 3.3%

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

0.4% ▲ —

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Elmore, English only is the majority at 100%; Arabic is next at 0%.

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 Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20862/elmore/topic/language