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Language in Rainbow

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

English is the main language for 87.8% of people in Rainbow. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, with very few residents speaking a foreign language at home.

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📍 Rainbow, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Despite this, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the national average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.2% ▲ +91.7%

Higher than 56% 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% ▼ -100.0%

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 Rainbow, English only is the majority at 98%; Arabic is next at 1%.

English only 87.8% Arabic 0.4% Vietnamese 0.4% Tagalog 0.4%

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 Rainbow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22137/rainbow/topic/language