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Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate

Language in Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria)

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

English is the primary language for 87.6% of people in Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria). Very few residents use another language at home, though the number of people doing so rose by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria. This helps explain why only 0.5% of the population speaks little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.

People using another language at home

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4.3% ▲ +47.6%

Lower than 91% 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% ▼ -0.9%

Lower than 86% 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 South (Eastern Victoria), English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 87.6% Italian 0.4% Mandarin 0.3% Vietnamese 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Punjabi 0.2% Greek 0.2% Hindi 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Cantonese 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 South (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23602/gippsland-south/topic/language