Gymbowen · Suburb / Locality

Language in Gymbowen

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

English is the dominant tongue in Gymbowen, where 81.7% of people speak only this language at home. While a small number of residents use other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Gymbowen, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

5.0%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.0%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Gymbowen, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Gymbowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21122/gymbowen/topic/language