10.6% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Morwell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Morwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Morwell have started using a language other than English at home since 2011. While English remains the main language for the vast majority, 10.6% of the population now speaks another language, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 78.3% of residents, while others include Italian (2.2%) and Greek (0.6%). About 2.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
2.1% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21769/morwell/topic/language