12.9% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Language in Virginia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people speak a language other than English in Virginia, though most residents still use only English at home. While 12.9% of the population uses another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. English is the main language for 84.1% of residents, followed by small numbers of Hindi, Mandarin, and Punjabi speakers. Very few people here, just 1%, speak little or no English.
1.0% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32949/virginia/topic/language