20.6% ▲ +306.0%
Higher than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shepparton - Mooroopna · Urban Area
Language in Shepparton - Mooroopna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 72.1% of people in Shepparton - Mooroopna. However, the area is becoming more diverse, with the share of people using another language at home jumping 16 percentage points to 20.6% since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 20.6% of people use a language other than English at home, this is well below the Victoria figure of 27.6%. Punjabi and Arabic are the most common non-English languages, while 4.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this size.
4.3% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Shepparton - Mooroopna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2016/shepparton-mooroopna/topic/language