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Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate

Language in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria)

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

Very little has changed in the languages spoken across Ovens Valley since 2016, with 87.7% of people speaking only English. It is an area where English is far more dominant than in the rest of the state.

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📍 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 6.0% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Consistent with this, only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, a rate lower than most other areas.

People who speak little or no English

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0.9% ▲ +9.0%

Lower than 68% 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 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria), English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 2%.

English only 87.7% Italian 1.6% Mandarin 0.5% Punjabi 0.4% Tagalog 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Greek 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Vietnamese 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 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26504/ovens-valley/topic/language