19.0% —
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lara (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Language in Lara (Western Victoria)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Lara (Western Victoria) are speaking languages other than English than in previous years, with the figure rising to 19% in 2021. While this is a growing trend, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.5% of residents. Only 3.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is about the same as the national average. Other common languages include Punjabi, Italian, Vietnamese and Arabic.
3.7% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Lara (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24308/lara/topic/language