Loch Sport · Suburb / Locality

Language in Loch Sport

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Loch Sport. Only 4.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Loch Sport, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Nearly 89% of people speak only English, leaving just a small handful of residents using languages such as Mandarin or Tagalog. This means 0.0% of the population speaks little or no English, a figure well below the Victorian average.

4.2% ▼ -34.1%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 4.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Loch Sport, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21524/loch-sport/topic/language