7.8% ▲ +211.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stawell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Stawell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Stawell compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.8% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Most of the community speaks English exclusively.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.6% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 1.8%. Although the area is less diverse than the state, the 1.7% of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.7% ▲ +121.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22354/stawell/topic/language