Toolamba · Suburb / Locality

Language in Toolamba

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

A far lower share of residents speak a language other than English in Toolamba compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.8% of people here use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than most other parts of Australia.

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📍 Toolamba, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the language used by 92.5% of the community, while Italian is spoken by 0.5%. Very few people speak little or no English, with 0.0% recorded, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

1.8% ▼ -42.9%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 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 Toolamba, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Toolamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22534/toolamba/topic/language