Tatura · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tatura

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

English is the primary tongue for 83.2% of Tatura residents. While English is dominant, the area has a much higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar areas.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 9.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This includes small groups of Italian, Mandarin, Punjabi and Vietnamese speakers, though only 1.8% of the population speaks little or no English.

9.3% ▼ -11.6%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.6%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 9.3%

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

1.8% ▲ +10.6%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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 Tatura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22467/tatura/topic/language