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Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate

Language in Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria)

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

Almost everyone in Gippsland East speaks English as their primary language, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region. Just 3.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the sole language for 88.9% of the population, which is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.

People using another language at home

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3.7% ▼ -35.5%

Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▲ +19.8%

Lower than 87% of state electorate 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.

Language used at home

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In Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria), English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 88.9% Italian 0.3% Mandarin 0.3% Vietnamese 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Punjabi 0.2% Greek 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Hindi 0.0%

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 Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23502/gippsland-east/topic/language