12.6% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
King Valley · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for most people in King Valley, though a notable minority of residents speak other tongues. Around 12.6% of people use another language at home, with Italian being the most common alternative.
English and the largest community languages.
While 83.9% of the community speak only English, Italian is spoken by 8.0% of residents. This means more people use a language other than English here than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
12.6% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in King Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21357/king-valley/topic/language