Kerang · Suburb / Locality

Language in Kerang

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

English is the dominant tongue in Kerang, where 90.2% of people speak only this language at home. This is far below the Victorian average for other languages, making the town much less linguistically diverse than the state and national figures.

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📍 Kerang, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this is around the middle for similar areas, only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English.

2.4% ▲ +23.9%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 2.4%

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

0.3% ▼ -32.4%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Kerang, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek 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 Kerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21328/kerang/topic/language