Snake Valley · Suburb / Locality

Language in Snake Valley

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

Almost everyone in Snake Valley speaks English every day, making it much less linguistically diverse than most of the country. Only 2.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 86.6% of the community. While very few people use other languages, 0% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

2.2% ▼ -19.5%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Snake Valley, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

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 Snake Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22301/snake-valley/topic/language