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Language in Point Lonsdale

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

English is the dominant language spoken in Point Lonsdale, where only 3.4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Point Lonsdale, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90% of residents speak only English, with small numbers using Italian, Mandarin, Punjabi or Greek. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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3.4% ▲ +41.2%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▼ -48.8%

Higher than 66% 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.

Language used at home

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In Point Lonsdale, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 89.9% Italian 0.5% Mandarin 0.2% Punjabi 0.2% Greek 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Point Lonsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22088/point-lonsdale/topic/language