1.3% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Skipton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Skipton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88% of people in Skipton, making it an area with very little linguistic diversity. Only 1.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While language diversity is low, 0.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is actually higher than in most similar areas. This remains well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
0.7% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Skipton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22290/skipton/topic/language