Tongio · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tongio

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

English is the dominant language in Tongio, where 92% of people speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national figures.

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📍 Tongio, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 6% of residents use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian average. No one in the area reported speaking little or no English.

6.0%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Tongio, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Tongio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22530/tongio/topic/language