23.4% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shepparton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Shepparton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in four residents in Shepparton speaks a language other than English at home. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, with 23.4% of people using another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 68.7% of residents, there are significant groups of Arabic, Punjabi, and Italian speakers. About 5.2% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest proportions for areas of this size.
5.2% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Shepparton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22275/shepparton/topic/language