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Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate

Language in Murray Plains (Northern Victoria)

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

A tiny 5.4% of people in Murray Plains speak another language at home, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most residents use only English, though the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2016.

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📍 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 87.2% of the area. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Victorian average and has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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5.4% —

Lower than 82% 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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1.0% ▲ +38.5%

Lower than 66% 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 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria), English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 87.2% Italian 0.6% Punjabi 0.4% Mandarin 0.4% Tagalog 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3% Greek 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25704/murray-plains/topic/language