6.0% ▲ +105.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moe - Newborough · Urban Centre
Language in Moe - Newborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than twice as many people in Moe - Newborough spoke another language at home in 2021 compared to 2011. While English remains the dominant tongue for 86.4% of the area, the number of people using other languages rose to 6.0%. This represents a notable shift for the local community, even though the figure remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Six per cent of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, the 1.0% who speak little or no English is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4% and has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
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 Moe - Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213010/moe-newborough/topic/language