3.0% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarram · Suburb / Locality
Language in Yarram
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Yarram, where only 3% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure and reflects a community with very little linguistic diversity. Most residents speak English only, while those who speak other languages make up a tiny fraction of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 88.5% of residents. While 3% of people use another language at home—which is around the middle for similar areas—this is far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria. Only 0.5% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
0.5% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
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 Yarram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22915/yarram/topic/language