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Portland North · Suburb / Locality

Language in Portland North

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

English is the primary language for 92.5% of people in Portland North. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages. Very few residents use a language other than English at home.

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📍 Portland North, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.5% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While 0.6% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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3.5% ▲ +136.9%

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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0.6% ▲ —

Higher than 71% 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 Portland North, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 92.5% Italian 0.8% Punjabi 0.6%

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 Portland North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22111/portland-north/topic/language