3.9% —
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lowan (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Language in Lowan (Western Victoria)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost everyone in Lowan speaks English daily, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. Only 3.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.8% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas at just 0.6%. This low rate of non-English speakers has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Lowan (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24408/lowan/topic/language