Anglesea · Urban Centre

Language in Anglesea

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for 90.8% of people in Anglesea. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state average, though the proportion of people using another language at home has risen slightly to 3.4%.

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📍 Anglesea, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, sitting at just 0.3%.

3.4% ▲ +62.9%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 3.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.3% ▼ -9.1%

Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

Language used at home

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In Anglesea, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215003/anglesea/topic/language