10.7% ▲ +103.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Morwell · Urban Centre
Language in Morwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Morwell speak a language other than English, with the proportion rising to 10.7% in the latest census. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the Victorian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken in 78.2% of homes, though those using another language rose by 5.4 percentage points since 2011. Italian is the most common non-English language at 2.2%, while 2.2% of residents speak little or no English.
2.2% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213011/morwell/topic/language