Clunes · Urban Centre

Language in Clunes

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

English is the overwhelming primary language for residents in Clunes, where nearly 89% of people speak only English at home. While the use of other languages has risen slightly to 4.8%, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the country.

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📍 Clunes, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.

4.8% ▲ +77.1%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Clunes, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121020/clunes/topic/language