11.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Myrtleford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Myrtleford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A strong tradition of non-English speaking households shapes daily life in Myrtleford. While most residents speak only English, Italian remains a significant part of the local identity, with 6.7% of people using it at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.3% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Only 1.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average of 3.4%.
1.9% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Myrtleford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21863/myrtleford/topic/language