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Tawonga South · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tawonga South

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

English is the primary language for almost everyone in Tawonga South, where 88.7% of people speak only English at home. While a small number of residents use other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average.

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📍 Tawonga South, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 6.1% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas, though still far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This includes small numbers of Punjabi, Italian, Vietnamese and Greek speakers, and notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

People using another language at home

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6.1% ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Tawonga South, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 88.7% Punjabi 0.7% Italian 0.5% Vietnamese 0.4% Greek 0.4% Mandarin 0.3%

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 Tawonga South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22471/tawonga-south/topic/language