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Mansfield · Urban Centre

Language in Mansfield

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

English is the dominant language in Mansfield, where 89.4% of residents speak only this language at home. While a small number of people use other languages, this remains far below the national figure.

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📍 Mansfield, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 4.8% of people use another language at home, a figure that rose 3.3 percentage points since 2011. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it is still far below the Victorian average of 27.6%, and only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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4.8% ▲ +223.4%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▼ -25.7%

Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.

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 Mansfield, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 89.4% Mandarin 0.6% Punjabi 0.4% Italian 0.2% Hindi 0.2% Cantonese 0.1%

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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215053/mansfield/topic/language