16.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Towong Upper · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher than most similar areas, 16.2% of people in Towong Upper use a language other than English at home. Despite this, the area remains well below the national and state figures for linguistic diversity.
English and the largest community languages.
While 16.2% of residents use another language, 100% of those who do so still speak English. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of people here speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
16.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Towong Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22564/towong-upper/topic/language