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Port Welshpool · Suburb / Locality

Language in Port Welshpool

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

English remains the dominant language in Port Welshpool, where only 3.6% of residents speak another tongue 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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📍 Port Welshpool, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language for 82.3% of people, and while no one here speaks little or no English, this is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%. Tagalog is the most common non-English language, spoken by 1.8% of residents.

People using another language at home

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3.6% ▼ -27.3%

Higher 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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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% 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 Port Welshpool, English only is the majority at 98%; Tagalog is next at 2%.

English only 82.3% Tagalog 1.8%

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 Port Welshpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22108/port-welshpool/topic/language