Omeo · Suburb / Locality

Language in Omeo

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

English is the dominant tongue in Omeo, where very few people use another language at home. Only 1.9% of the population speaks a language other than English, making it far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.

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📍 Omeo, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The typical resident speaks only English, with 84.2% of people using it at home. This is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%, and it is also true that 0% of people here speak little or no English.

1.9% ▲ +216.0%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Omeo, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese 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 Omeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22011/omeo/topic/language