4.3% ▲ —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Peterborough · Suburb / Locality
Language in Peterborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Peterborough (Vic.), with 92.2% of residents speaking only English at home. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the state and the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.3% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Despite this, the area is seen as higher than most similar areas for the percentage of people who speak little or no English, though it remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.
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.
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 Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22062/peterborough/topic/language