1.7% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Smythesdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Smythesdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Smythesdale, with 91.6% of people speaking only English at home. This is far below the national figure, making it an area with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Despite this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national average at 0.0%.
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.
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 Smythesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22299/smythesdale/topic/language