3.7% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ruffy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ruffy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Ruffy, where only 3.7% of residents speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a very linguistically uniform area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 87.8% of people use English only, and there are no residents who speak little or no English. While the proportion of people speaking another language is around the middle for similar areas, it remains far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria.
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 Ruffy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22211/ruffy/topic/language