Tooborac · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tooborac

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

Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Tooborac is a place where very few people use a language other than English. Only 3.1% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Tooborac, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 85.3% of the population, with Italian being the next most common at 2.5%. While it is higher than most areas for the proportion of people speaking little or no English, the actual figure here is 0.0%, well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

3.1% ▼ -29.1%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 3.1%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 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 Tooborac, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 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 Tooborac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22533/tooborac/topic/language