Sailors Falls · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sailors Falls

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

English remains the dominant tongue in Sailors Falls, where the proportion of people using another language at home has barely changed since 2011. Only 5.1% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 78.5% of people speak only English, 5.1% use another language at home, a rate higher than most similar areas. No one in the community reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.

5.1%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 5.1%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Sailors Falls, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Sailors Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22223/sailors-falls/topic/language