7.3% ▲ +119.2%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Colac · Urban Area
Language in Colac
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Colac compared to the rest of the state. While 87.8% of residents speak only English, the number of people using other languages has risen to 7.3% over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.3% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. However, those who speak little or no English have risen to 2.1%, a figure that is now much higher than most similar areas.
2.1% ▲ +574.9%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Colac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2006/colac/topic/language