8.7% ▲ +188.6%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lorne · Urban Centre
Language in Lorne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.1% of people in Lorne. While most residents speak only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has more than doubled since 2011 to reach 8.7%. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English remains the dominant tongue, but 8.7% of residents now use another language at home, with Greek (1.6%) and Mandarin (1.0%) being the most common non-English languages. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.0% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
1.0% ▲ +800.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 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 Lorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215049/lorne/topic/language