33.4% ▲ +145.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shepparton North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Shepparton North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in three people in Shepparton North speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This high level of diversity is reflected in a community where 33.4% of residents use a non-English language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common second language at 7.3%, followed by Arabic, Hindi, and Italian. While 33.4% of people use another language at home—well above the national figure of 22.3%—the 3.9% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Australian average.
3.9% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22277/shepparton-north/topic/language