2.4% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Main Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Language in Main Ridge
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as similar areas, Main Ridge is a place where very few people use a language other than English. Only 2.4% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language here, spoken by 87.2% of people. While those who speak little or no English make up only 0.7% of the population—well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%—this is actually higher than most similar areas.
0.7% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Main Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21578/main-ridge/topic/language