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Harrietville · Suburb / Locality

Language in Harrietville

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

Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Harrietville compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Harrietville, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 79.5% of people, while Italian is the most common other language at 0.8%. Despite this, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a figure well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.1% ▼ -8.5%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Harrietville, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 79.5% Italian 0.8%

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 Harrietville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21142/harrietville/topic/language