19.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Major Plains · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Major Plains speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, the area remains more linguistically diverse than its immediate peers.
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.4% of residents use a language other than English at home. Despite this, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the state and national averages.
19.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
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 Major Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21581/major-plains/topic/language