8.6% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Irymple · Suburb / Locality
Language in Irymple
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around 8.6% of people in Irymple use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is far below the national and state figures, it highlights a growing diversity in the local community. Most residents still speak only English, with Italian being the most common second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 82.9% of residents, while 2.7% speak Italian and 1% speak Mandarin. About 1.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas, though still a little below the Victorian and national averages.
1.7% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Irymple [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21245/irymple/topic/language