21.3% ▲ +209.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shepparton - Mooroopna · Urban Centre
Language in Shepparton - Mooroopna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A big gap exists between Shepparton - Mooroopna and the Victorian average, where language diversity is much lower than across the state. While 21.3% of people here use a language other than English at home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. However, the area is becoming more diverse, with the number of people using other languages rising by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 71.5% of residents, though Arabic and Punjabi are the most common other languages. About 4.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure and a rise of 3.2 percentage points since 2016.
4.5% ▲ +261.9%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
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/ucl/UCL212005/shepparton-mooroopna/topic/language