4.8% ▲ +126.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Drysdale - Clifton Springs · Urban Centre
Language in Drysdale - Clifton Springs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 92% of people in Drysdale - Clifton Springs. While the area is far less diverse than the state and national averages, the proportion of people using another language at home has more than doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.4%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Drysdale - Clifton Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213005/drysdale-clifton-springs/topic/language