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Metung · Urban Centre

Language in Metung

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

Just 2.9% of people in Metung use a language other than English at home, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Metung, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 90.8% of residents, while only 0.2% of the population speak little or no English. This is well below the national figure of 3.4% and has remained stable since 2016.

People using another language at home

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2.9% ▼ -79.4%

Lower than 62% 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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0.2% ▼ -61.6%

Higher than 52% 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 Metung, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 0%.

English only 90.8% Greek 0.4% Italian 0.4% Arabic 0.2%

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 Metung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215055/metung/topic/language