4.3% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Language in Not in any Significant Urban Area
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between this region and the rest of the state, with only 4.3% of people in Not in any Significant Urban Area (Vic.) using a language other than English at home. This is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% and the national average. This pattern of language use has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language for 87.9% of residents, while just 0.6% speak little or no English, which is well below the 4.4% seen across Victoria. Other languages spoken in the area include Italian, Mandarin, Greek and Punjabi, though each represents a very small fraction of the population.
0.6% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 62% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/language