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Shepparton East · Suburb / Locality

Language in Shepparton East

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

More than one in five people in Shepparton East now use a language other than English at home. While the area is much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, the overall proportion of residents speaking other languages is slightly lower than the Victorian average.

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📍 Shepparton East, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Punjabi and Italian are the most common non-English languages, spoken by 6.0% and 4.9% of people respectively. While 22.1% of residents use another language at home, about 4.0% of the population speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size.

People using another language at home

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22.1% ▲ +8.9%

Higher than 88% 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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4.0% ▼ -0.4%

Higher than 89% 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 Shepparton East, English only is the majority at 83%; Punjabi is next at 7%.

English only 72.2% Punjabi 6.0% Italian 4.9% Greek 1.6% Arabic 1.4% Hindi 0.6% Cantonese 0.3% Tagalog 0.3%

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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22276/shepparton-east/topic/language