3.8% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Castlemaine · Urban Centre
Language in Castlemaine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Castlemaine, where only 3.8% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, creating a community with very little linguistic variety compared to the wider state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (84.1%), and the proportion using another language has barely changed since 2011. Consistent with this, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure.
0.4% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Castlemaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213002/castlemaine/topic/language